Section 190110 - Service of process(a) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.-The corporation shall have a designated agent in the District of Columbia to receive service of process for the corporation. Notice to or service on the agent is notice to or service on the corporation.(b) STATES, TERRITORIES, AND POSSESSIONS.-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, territory, or possession of the United States in which a subordinate department or local chapter is organized, the name and address of an agent in that State, territory, or possession on whom legal process or demands against the corporation may be served. Pub. L. 105-225, 112 Stat. 1448.| HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 190110(a) | 36:236 (2d, last sentences). | June 30, 1950, ch. 431, §§16 (2d, last sentences), 17, 64 Stat. 315. |
| 190110(b) | 36:237. | |
In subsection (b), the words "precedent" 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 of state, or similar officer" for consistency in the revised title. The words "post office" are omitted as unnecessary.