36 U.S.C. § 22710 — Service of process

(a) District of Columbia. The corporation must have a designated agent in the District of Columbia. That agent receives legal papers — "service of process" — for the corporation. Giving notice to the agent, serving papers on the agent, or mailing them to the agent's business address counts as giving notice to the corporation itself. (b) States. Before the corporation can use any power or privilege this chapter grants, it must also file, in every State, the name and address of an agent located there. That agent is who legal papers or demands against the corporation can be served on.