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[CITE: 49USC13304]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                 CHAPTER 133--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 13304. Service of process in court proceedings

    (a) Designation of Agent.--A motor carrier or broker providing 
transportation subject to jurisdiction under chapter 135, including a 
motor carrier or broker operating within the United States while 
providing transportation between places in a foreign country or between 
a place in one foreign country and a place in another foreign country, 
shall designate an agent in each State in which it operates by name and 
post office address on whom process issued by a court with subject 
matter jurisdiction may be served in an action brought against that 
carrier or broker. The designation shall be in writing and filed with 
the Department of Transportation and each State in which the carrier 
operates may require that an additional designation be filed with it. If 
a designation under this subsection is not made, service may be made on 
any agent of the carrier or broker within that State.
    (b) Change.--A designation under this section may be changed at any 
time in the same manner as originally made.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 858.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 10330 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 13906, 13908 of this title.
