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title: "36 U.S.C. § 170510"
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title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
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chapter_name: "POLISH LEGION OF AMERICAN VETERANS, U.S.A."
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# 36 U.S.C. § 170510 - 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.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1446.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 17051036:2504.July 23, 1984, Pub. L. 98–372, § 4, 98 Stat. 1239. The words “in furtherance of its corporate purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.