36 U.S.C. § 30901
Section 30901 · Organization
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Curran v. Mount Diablo Council of Boy Scouts of America (1983)
Most recently applied in 127 F. Supp. 3d 913 - Westfield Insurance v. Pugh (September 2015)
(a) Federal Charter.—Boy Scouts of America (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a body corporate and politic of the District of Columbia.
(b) Domicile.—The domicile of the corporation is the District of Columbia.
(c) 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) 30901 36:21. June 15, 1916, ch. 148, §§1, 2 (words before 2d comma), 39 Stat. 227. 36:22 (words before 2d comma). This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.