---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 140510"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "140510"
heading: "Service of process"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/140510"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1405 — Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated"
---

# §140510. Service of process


The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall have a designated agent in the District of Columbia to receive service of process for the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7). Notice to or service on the agent, or mailed to the business address of the agent, is notice to or service on the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1384.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 140510 | 36:825(b). | Aug. 26, 1958, Pub. L. 85–761, § 5(b), 72 Stat. 857. |

The words “at all times” are omitted as unnecessary.