---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 200105"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "200105"
heading: "Principal office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/200105"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 2001 — Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists"
---

# §200105. Principal office


The principal office of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall be located in the District of Columbia. However, annual meetings may be held wherever the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) decides.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1452.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 200105 | 36:5401 (last sentence words before proviso). | Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 876, § 1 (last sentence words before proviso), 31 Stat. 1453; June 29, 1938, ch. 796, 52 Stat. 1226. |

The words “wherever the corporation decides” are substituted for “such other places as the incorporators or their successors shall determine” for consistency in the revised title.