---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 190106"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "190106"
heading: "Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/190106"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1901 — Reserve Officers Association of the United States"
---

# §190106. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges


The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) and its subordinate departmental subdivisions and local chapters have the exclusive right to use the name “Reserve Officers Association of the United States” and seals, emblems, and badges the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) adopts.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1448.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 190106 | 36:238. | June 30, 1950, ch. 431, § 18, 64 Stat. 315. |

The words “sole”, “to have, and”, “in carrying out its object and purpose”, and “lawfully” are omitted as unnecessary.