---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20210"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "20210"
heading: "Service of process"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/20210"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 202 — Air Force Sergeants Association"
---

# §20210. Service of process


The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall comply with the law on service of process of each State in which it is incorporated and each State in which it carries on activities.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 105–354, § 1(4)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3241.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 20210 | 36 App.:5804. | Nov. 18, 1997, Pub. L. 105–85, title XV, § 1504, 111 Stat. 1964. |

The words “each State in which it is incorporated” are substituted for “the District of Columbia” for consistency in the revised title. The words “in furtherance of its corporate purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.