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[CITE: 36USC22710]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
   CHAPTER 227--AMVETS (AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II, KOREA, AND 
                                VIETNAM)
 
Sec. 22710. 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, or mailed to the 
business address of the agent, is notice to or service on the 
corporation.
    (b) States.--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, the name 
and address of an agent in that State on whom legal process or demands 
against the corporation may be served.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1308.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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22710(a)..............................  36:67k.                          July 2
3, 1947, ch. 298, Sec.  12, 61
                                                                          Stat.
 407.
22710(b)..............................  36:67q.                          July 2
3, 1947, ch. 298, Sec.  18, 61
                                                                          Stat.
 408; Aug. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 95-
                                                                          98, S
ec.  1(a), 91 Stat. 830.
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    In subsection (b), the words ``precedent'', ``herein'', and ``or 
conferred'' are omitted as unnecessary. The words ``file, with the 
secretary of state or other designated official'' are substituted for 
``serve notice on the secretary of state'' for consistency in the 
revised title. The word ``authorized'' is omitted as unnecessary.
