Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§220510 Service of Process
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 2205 — UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE › SUBCHAPTER I — CORPORATION › § 220510
Summary
To use any power or privilege under this chapter, the corporation must have a named agent located in Colorado who can accept legal papers for the company. If those papers are given to that agent or mailed to the agent's business address, the corporation is treated as having received them.
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
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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.
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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 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102