---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 30507"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "30507"
heading: "Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/30507"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 305 — Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc."
---

# §30507. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges


The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) and its subordinate divisions have the exclusive right to use the name “Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.”. The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) has the exclusive right to use, and to allow others to use, 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. 1321.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 30507 | 36:956. | July 14, 1960, Pub. L. 86–653, § 16, 74 Stat. 518. |

The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”. The words “and no other organization shall use the name ‘Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.’ ” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “and to allow others to use” are substituted for “or to allow or refuse the use of” for consistency in the revised title. The words “the corporation adopts” are substituted for “as have heretofore been used by the Blue Star Mothers of America” for consistency in the revised title.