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title: "36 U.S.C. § 140409"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1404"
chapter_name: "MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 140409 - Service of process

## Text

The corporation shall comply with the law on service of process of each State in which it is incorporated and each State in which it carries on activities.

(Added Pub. L. 111–95, § 1(a), Nov. 6, 2009, 123 Stat. 3003.)