36 U.S.C. § 40301
Section 40301 · Organization
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 131 F. Supp. 2d 1303 - Campbell v. Civil Air Patrol (2001)
Most recently applied in 304 F. Supp. 2d 605 - Nazzaro v. United States (January 2004)
(a) Federal Charter.—Civil Air Patrol (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.
(b) Perpetual Existence.—Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 40301(a) 36:201. July 1, 1946, ch. 527, §§1, 5 (related to perpetual succession), 60 Stat. 346, 347. 40301(b) 36:205 (related to perpetual succession). This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.