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15 U.S.C. § 160 — Maintenance of agent for service

submitted 104 years ago by ch. 346 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 120 words · no verdicts yet

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Every China Trade Act corporation must keep an official agent in Washington, D.C. Lawsuits against the company can be served on that agent. If the agent leaves or dies, the company must quickly name a replacement.

Every corporation formed under the China Trade Act must maintain a person in the District of Columbia as its official ("accredited") agent. Courts can serve legal papers on this agent for any lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the agent is authorized to appear in court on the corporation's behalf. If that agent dies, can't serve anymore, resigns, or is removed, the corporation must appoint a replacement within whatever time limit the Secretary sets by regulation. The corporation must also file two documents with the Secretary for each agent it appoints: a certified copy of the power of attorney appointing them, and a certified copy of that person's written consent to serve.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Every China Trade Act corporation shall maintain in the District of Columbia a person as its accredited agent, upon whom legal process may be served, in any suit to be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and who is authorized to enter an appearance in its behalf. In the event of the death or inability to serve, or the resignation or removal, of such person, such corporation shall, within such time as the Secretary by regulation prescribes, appoint a successor. Such corporation shall file with the Secretary a certified copy of each power of attorney appointing a person under this section, and a certified copy of the written consent of each person so appointed.

Source credit: (Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 20(b), as added Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 345, § 10, 43 Stat. 996; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1922Enacted · Act of Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346 · 43 Stat. 996
  • 1936Amended · Act of June 25, 1936, ch. 804 · 49 Stat. 1921
  • 1948Amended · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 991
  • 1949Amended · Act of May 24, 1949, ch. 139 · 63 Stat. 107

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 346 on 1922-09-19.

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