36 U.S.C. § 31109 — Service of process

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 44 words · no verdicts yet

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The corporation must have a designated agent in Washington, D.C. to accept service of legal process on its behalf. Giving notice to that agent, or serving them, counts as giving notice to the corporation itself. This also applies to mail sent to the agent's business address.

The corporation must designate an agent located in the District of Columbia whose job is to receive service of process — meaning legal papers like lawsuit notices — for the corporation. Any notice given to that agent, or any service made on that agent, counts legally as notice to or service on the corporation itself. The same is true if the notice is mailed to the agent's business address.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The corporation shall have a designated agent in the District of Columbia to receive service of process for the corporation. Notice to or service on the agent, or mailed to the business address of the agent, is notice to or service on the corporation.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1328.)

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1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1328

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