Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73not60
§152310 Service of Process
Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B— Organizations › Chapter 1523— NATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL › § 152310
Summary
Name an agent in D.C. and file that agent's name with the court clerk there. Service or mail to that agent or their business address counts as service on the corporation. Also, file an agent's name and address with the secretary of state (or other designated official) in every State, territory, or possession where it does business.
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Title 36, §152310
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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 business address of the agent, is notice to or service on the corporation.
(b)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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36 U.S.C. § 152310
Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60