{"data":{"id":"us/36-u.s.c.-40301","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 U.S.C. § 40301","heading":"Organization","body":"(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.","path":["Title 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS","CHAPTER 403—CIVIL AIR PATROL"],"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":"62b77e2571b64a78dc3dcd858e050aad2b5e7a23501de400842f4456baad2268","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-u.s.c.-40112","next":"us/36-u.s.c.-40302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}