Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110
§22710 Service of Process
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 227 — AMVETS (AMERICAN VETERANS) › § 22710
Summary
The corporation must have an agent in D.C.; giving or mailing papers to that agent counts as notice. To use powers under this chapter in a State, it must file the agent’s name and address with that State’s official.
Full Legal Text
Title 36, §22710
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. 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.—
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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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 22710(a)36:67k.July 23, 1947, ch. 298, § 12, 61 Stat. 407. 22710(b)36:67q.July 23, 1947, ch. 298, § 18, 61 Stat. 408; Aug. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 95–98, § 1(a), 91 Stat. 830. In subsection (b), the words “precedent”, “herein”, and “or conferred” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “file, with the secretary of state or other designated official” are substituted for “serve notice on the secretary of state” for consistency in the revised title. The word “authorized” is omitted as unnecessary.
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Citation
36 U.S.C. § 22710
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110