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title: "36 U.S.C. § 20210"
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title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "202"
chapter_name: "AIR FORCE SERGEANTS ASSOCIATION"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 20210 - 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. 105–354, § 1(4)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3241.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2021036 App.:5804.Nov. 18, 1997, Pub. L. 105–85, title XV, § 1504, 111 Stat. 1964. The words “each State in which it is incorporated” are substituted for “the District of Columbia” for consistency in the revised title. The words “in furtherance of its corporate purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.