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[CITE: 49USC46103]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                  subpart iv--enforcement and penalties
 
               CHAPTER 461--INVESTIGATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
 
Sec. 46103. Service of notice, process, and actions

    (a) Designating Agents.--(1) Each air carrier and foreign air 
carrier shall designate an agent on whom service of notice and process 
in a proceeding before, and an action of, the Secretary of 
Transportation (or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration with respect to aviation safety duties and powers 
designated to be carried out by the Administrator) may be made.
    (2) The designation--
        (A) shall be in writing and filed with the Secretary or 
    Administrator; and
        (B) may be changed in the same way as originally made.

    (b) Service.--(1) Service may be made--
        (A) by personal service;
        (B) on a designated agent; or
        (C) by certified or registered mail to the person to be served 
    or the designated agent of the person.

    (2) The date of service made by certified or registered mail is the 
date of mailing.
    (c) Serving Agents.--Service on an agent designated under this 
section shall be made at the office or usual place of residence of the 
agent. If an air carrier or foreign air carrier does not have a 
designated agent, service may be made by posting the notice, process, or 
action in the office of the Secretary or Administrator.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1227.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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46103(a)..............................  49 App.:1485(b) (1st sentence).  Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                                                          1005(
b), 72 Stat. 794..
                                        49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E).           Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  1601(b)(1)(E); added Oct.
                                                                          4, 19
84, Pub. L. 98-443, Sec.  3(e),
                                                                          98 St
at. 1704.
                                        49 App.:1655(c)(1).              Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                                                          6(c)(
1), 80 Stat. 938; Jan. 12, 1983,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 97-449, Sec.  7(b), 96 Stat.
                                                                          2444.
46103(b)..............................  49 App.:1485(c).                 Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                                                          1005(
c), 72 Stat. 794; restated Aug.
                                                                          25, 1
959, Pub. L. 86-199, 73 Stat.
                                                                          427.
46103(c)..............................  49 App.:1485(b) (last
                                         sentence).
                                        49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E).
                                        49 App.:1655(c)(1).
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    In subsection (a)(1), the words ``in a proceeding before'' are added 
for clarity. The word ``action'' is substituted for ``orders, decisions, 
and requirements'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``for and 
on behalf of said carrier'' are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (a)(2)(B), the words ``from time to time'' are omitted 
as surplus.
    In subsection (b)(1)(B), the words ``in writing for the purpose'' 
are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b)(1)(C), the word ``addressed'' is omitted as 
surplus.
    In subsection (b)(2), the word ``date'' is substituted for ``time'' 
for clarity and consistency.
    In subsection (c), the words ``with like effect as if made 
personally upon such carrier'' are omitted as surplus.
