---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21305"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "21305"
heading: "Principal office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/21305"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 213 — American Historical Association"
---

# §21305. Principal office


The principal office of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall be in the District of Columbia.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 21305 | 36:20 (3d sentence words before 2d comma). | Jan. 4, 1889, ch. 20, (3d sentence words before 2d comma), 25 Stat. 640. |