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title: "36 U.S.C. § 20109"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "201"
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 20109 - Service of process

## Text

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 is notice to or service on the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1286.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2010936:975(b).Aug. 31, 1960, Pub. L. 86–680, § 5(b), 74 Stat. 575.