---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21707"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "21707"
heading: "Service of process"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/21707"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 217 — The American Legion"
---

# §21707. Service of process


As a condition to the exercise of any power or privilege granted by this chapter, the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall file, with the secretary of state or other designated official of each State, the name and address of an agent in that State on whom legal process or demands against the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) may be served.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1298.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 21707 | 36:50. | Sept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, § 9 1/2, 41 Stat. 285. |

The word “precedent” is omitted as unnecessary. The words “with the secretary of state or other designated official” are substituted for “in the office of the secretary of state” for consistency in the revised title. The words “post-office” and “authorized” are omitted as unnecessary.