---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 230511"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "230511"
heading: "Service of process"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/230511"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 2305 — Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc."
---

# §230511. 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. 1488.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 230511 | 36:3804. | May 23, 1986, Pub. L. 99–318, § 4, 100 Stat. 475. |

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