---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 70508"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "70508"
heading: "Principal office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/70508"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 705 — The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association"
---

# §70508. Principal office


The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall have its principal office in a United States location decided by the board of directors and specified in the bylaws, but may conduct its activities anywhere.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1353; Pub. L. 119–57, § 6, Dec. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 712.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70508 | 36:575(a). | Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 911, § 5(a), 68 Stat. 798. |

The word “anywhere” is substituted for “at any place or places in the United States, or elsewhere” to eliminate unnecessary words.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–57 substituted “a United States location decided by the board of directors and specified in the bylaws,” for “the District of Columbia,”.