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title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 80510 - 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. 1364.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8051036:1604.Dec. 4, 1980, Pub. L. 96–497, § 4, 94 Stat. 2595. The words “in furtherance of its corporate purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.