36 USC § 50307 - Service of process

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title: "36 USC § 50307 - Service of process"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "50307"
section_name: "Service of process"
chapter_number: 503
chapter_name: "DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS"
part_number: "B"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1345.)"
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# § 50307. Service of process

As a condition to the exercise of any power or privilege granted by this chapter, the corporation shall file, with the secretary of state or other designated official of each State in which a chapter is organized, the name and address of an agent in that State on whom legal process or demands against the corporation may be served.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1345.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 50307 | 36:90j. | June 17, 1932, ch. 268, § 10, 47 Stat. 321; July 15, 1942, ch. 505, § 7, 56 Stat. 660. |

The words “precedent”, “herein”, and “or conferred” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “with the secretary of state or other designated official” are substituted for “in the office of the secretary” for consistency in the revised title. The words “post-office” and “authorized” are omitted as unnecessary.