---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 581.201"
title: "5"
number: "581.201"
heading: "Agent to receive process."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/581.201"
---

# §581.201. Agent to receive process.

- (a) **Appendix A to this part lists agents designated to accept service of process.**
- (b) The head of each governmental entity shall submit to the Office of the General Counsel, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415, for publication in appendix A to this part, the following information concerning the agent(s) designated to accept service of process:
  - (1) Title;
  - (2) Mailing address;
  - (3) Telephone number; and
  - (4) **Geographical area or region, if applicable.**
- (c) **United States Attorneys are not considered appropriate agents to accept service of process.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 55 FR 1356, Jan. 16, 1990]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 659; 15 U.S.C. 1673; E.O. 12105, 43 FR 59465, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 262. Secs. 581.102 and 581.306 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8336a and 8412a.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 55 FR 1356, Jan. 16, 1990]