---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 200308"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "200308"
heading: "Principal office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/200308"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 2003 — Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War"
---

# §200308. Principal office


The principal office of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall be in Trenton, New Jersey, or another place decided by the council of administration. However, the activities of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are not confined to the place where the principal office is located but may be conducted in the District of Columbia and throughout the States, territories, and possessions of the United States.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1454.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 200308 | 36:539(a). | Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 774, § 9(a), 68 Stat. 751. |

The word “various” is omitted as unnecessary.