---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 153511"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "153511"
heading: "Service of process"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/153511"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1535 — National Tropical Botanical Garden"
---

# §153511. 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. 1427.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 153511 | 36:4607(b). | Aug. 19, 1964, Pub. L. 88–449, § 7(b), 78 Stat. 498. |

The word “have” is substituted for “maintain” for consistency in the revised title. The words “at all times” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “to receive” are substituted for “authorized to accept”, and the words “is notice to or service on” are substituted for “shall be deemed notice or service upon”, for consistency in the revised title.