{"data":{"id":"us/36-u.s.c.-21705","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 U.S.C. § 21705","heading":"Exclusive right to name, emblems, and badges","body":"The corporation and its State and local subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name “The American Legion” or “American Legion”. The corporation has the exclusive right to use, manufacture, and control the right to manufacture, emblems and badges the corporation adopts.","path":["Title 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS","CHAPTER 217—THE AMERICAN LEGION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc36@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:24Z","sha256":"08ab2d3e23665ea9505e034b1b5fc879de1a01152ecae14c042409ae091bd703","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/36-u.s.c.-21704a","next":"us/36-u.s.c.-21706"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}