Title 36Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73not60

§150511 Service of Process

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B— Organizations › Chapter 1505— NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE SOCIETIES, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › § 150511

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The corporation must name a person in Washington, D.C., to accept legal papers for it and file that name with the clerk of the U.S. District Court in D.C. If papers are given to that person or mailed to their address, the corporation is treated as having been notified. To use any powers in a State, the corporation must also give that State’s secretary of state (or other chosen official) the name and address of a person in that State who can accept legal papers for the corporation.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §150511

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(a)The corporation shall have a designated agent in the District of Columbia to receive service of process for the corporation. Designation of the agent shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Notice to or service on the agent, or mailed to the address of the agent, is notice to or service on the corporation.
(b)As a condition to the exercise in any State of any power or privilege granted by this chapter, the corporation shall file, with the secretary of state or other designated official of that State, the name and address of an agent in that State on whom legal process or demands against the corporation may be served.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 150511(a)36:404(b).Apr. 3, 1952, ch. 131, §§ 4(b), 19, 66 Stat. 39, 41. 150511(b)36:419. In subsection (a), the word “have” is substituted for “maintain” for consistency in the revised title. The words “at all times” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “to receive” are substituted for “authorized to accept”, and the words “is notice to or service on” are substituted for “shall be deemed sufficient notice or service upon”, for consistency in the revised title. In subsection (b), the words “precedent” and “or conferred” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “file, with the secretary of state or other designated official” are substituted for “serve notice upon the secretary of state, or similar officer” for consistency in the revised title.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–284 substituted “with the secretary” for “with secretary”.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 150511

Title 36Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60