Title 36Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§220510 Service of process

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

To use any power or privilege under this chapter, the corporation must have a named agent in Colorado who can accept legal papers. Giving those papers to the agent, or mailing them to the agent’s business address, counts as giving them to the corporation.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §220510

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

As a condition to the exercise of any power or privilege granted by this chapter, the corporation shall have a designated agent in the State of Colorado 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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 22051036:381.Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 975, title I, § 111, as added Nov. 8, 1978, Pub. L. 95–606, § 1(b), 92 Stat. 3049. The words “precedent” and “or conferred” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “with the secretary of state or other designated official” are substituted for “in the office of the secretary of state, or similar office” for consistency in the revised title. The words “post-office” and “authorized” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “legal process” are substituted for “local process” for consistency in the revised title.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–277 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “As a condition to the exercise of any power or privilege granted by this chapter, the corporation shall file, with the secretary of state or other designated official of each State, the name and address of an agent in that State on whom legal process or demands against the corporation may be served.”

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 220510

Title 36Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73