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Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110

§152310 Service of Process

Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 1523 — NATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL › § 152310

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The corporation must name an agent in the District of Columbia and file that agent’s name with the clerk of the U.S. District Court for D.C. If the agent is given legal papers or they are mailed to the agent’s business address, the corporation is considered notified. To use any powers or privileges under this chapter, the corporation must also file the name and address of an agent with the secretary of state or other designated official in every State, territory, or possession where it does business.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §152310

Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)District of Columbia.—
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 business address of the agent, is notice to or service on the corporation.
(b)States, Territories, and Possessions.—
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, territory, or possession of the United States in which the corporation does business, the name and address of an agent in that State, territory, or possession on whom legal process or demands against the corporation may be served.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 152310(a)36:665 (2d, 3d sentences).Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 824, §§ 5 (2d, 3d sentences), 17, 70 Stat. 796, 797. 152310(b)36:677. In subsection (b), the words “precedent” and “granted to the Corporation” 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 in the office of another appropriate officer” for consistency in the revised title. The words “post office” are omitted as unnecessary.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 152310

Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110