---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20710"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "20710"
heading: "Service of process"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/20710"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 207 — American Council of Learned Societies"
---

# §20710. 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

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1290.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 20710 | 36:1904. | June 1, 1982, Pub. L. 97–192, § 4, 96 Stat. 109. |

The words “in furtherance of its corporate purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.