---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 50305"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "50305"
heading: "Exclusive right to name"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/50305"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 503 — Disabled American Veterans"
---

# §50305. Exclusive right to name


The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) and its State and local subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name “Disabled American Veterans”.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1344.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 50305 | 36:90h. | June 17, 1932, ch. 268, § 8, 47 Stat. 321; July 15, 1942, ch. 505, § 5, 56 Stat. 660. |

The words “sole”, “have and”, and “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.