2015 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation (Sections 101 - 80504)
Subtitle II - Other Government Agencies (Sections 1101 - 1326)
Chapter 13 - Surface Transportation Board (Sections 1301 - 1326)
Subchapter II - Administrative (Sections 1321 - 1326)
Sec. 1324 - Service of process in court proceedings
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE II - OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CHAPTER 13 - SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD SUBCHAPTER II - ADMINISTRATIVE Sec. 1324 - Service of process in court proceedings |
Contains | section 1324 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 104-88, title II, §201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 937, §724; renumbered §1324 and amended Pub. L. 114-110, §§3(a)(5), 8(b), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2228, 2232. |
Statutes at Large References | 109 Stat. 937 129 Stat. 2228 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 104-88, Public Law 114-110 |
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(a) Designation of Agent.—A carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under subtitle IV shall designate an agent on whom service of process in an action before a district court may be made. Except as otherwise provided, process in an action before a district court shall be served on the designated agent of that carrier at the office or usual place of residence of that agent. If the carrier does not have a designated agent, service may be made by posting the notice in the office of the Board.
(b) Changing Designation.—A designation under this section may be changed at any time in the same manner as originally made.
(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title II, §201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 937, §724; renumbered §1324 and amended Pub. L. 114–110, §§3(a)(5), 8(b), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2228, 2232.)
AMENDMENTS2015—Pub. L. 114–110, §3(a)(3), renumbered section 724 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–110, §8(b), struck out "in the District of Columbia" after "designate an agent" and "usual place of residence".
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