---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 50102"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "50102"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/50102"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 501 — Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861–1865"
---

# §50102. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861–1865 (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”), a nonprofit [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) incorporated in Ohio, is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
- (b) **Expiration of Charter.—** If the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) does not comply with any provision of this chapter, the charter granted by this chapter expires.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1341.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 50102(a) | 36:3701. | Dec. 9, 1985, Pub. L. 99–172, §§ 1, 16, 99 Stat. 1020, 1023. |
| 50102(b) | 36:3715. |  |

In subsection (a), the words “incorporated in Ohio” are substituted for “organized under the laws of the State of Ohio” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.