49 USC § 1324 - Service of process in court proceedings

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s1324"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "49 USC § 1324 - Service of process in court proceedings"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "1324"
section_name: "Service of process in court proceedings"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 937, § 724; renumbered § 1324 and amended Pub. L. 114–110, §§ 3(a)(5), 8(b), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2228, 2232.)"
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# § 1324. Service of process in court proceedings

**(a)** **Designation of Agent.—** A carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under subtitle IV shall designate an agent on whom service of process in an action before a district court may be made. Except as otherwise provided, process in an action before a district court shall be served on the designated agent of that carrier at the office or usual place of residence of that agent. If the carrier does not have a designated agent, service may be made by posting the notice in the office of the Board.

**(b)** **Changing Designation.—** A designation under this section may be changed at any time in the same manner as originally made.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–88, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 937, § 724; renumbered § 1324 and amended Pub. L. 114–110, §§ 3(a)(5), 8(b), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2228, 2232.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2015—, renumbered  as this section.

Subsec. (a). , struck out “in the District of Columbia” after “designate an agent” and “usual place of residence”.