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title: "36 U.S.C. § 200309"
description: "Records and inspection"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "2003"
chapter_name: "SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR"
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citation: "36 U.S.C. § 200309"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 200309 - Records and inspection

## Text

(a) Records.— The corporation shall keep—

(1) correct and complete records of account; and

(2) minutes of the proceedings of its national encampments and council of administration.

(b) Inspection.— A member, or an agent or attorney of the member, may inspect the records of the corporation for any proper purpose, at any reasonable time.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1454.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 20030936:544.Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 774, § 14, 68 Stat. 751. The word “records” is substituted for “books and records” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.