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[CITE: 49USC724]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
                 CHAPTER 7--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--ADMINISTRATIVE
 
Sec. 724. 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 in the District of Columbia 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 in the District of Columbia 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changed at any time in the same manner as originally made.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title II, Sec. 201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
937.)
