---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 40509"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "40509"
heading: "Service of process"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/40509"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 405 — Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America"
---

# §40509. 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. 1334.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 40509 | 36:795(b). | Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–642, § 5(b), 72 Stat. 598. |

The words “at all times” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “service of process” are substituted for “service and process” for consistency in the revised title.