[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1.41]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1_ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Judicial Proceedings
 
Sec. 1.41  Service of process.


    Process in any suit brought in Washington, District of Columbia, 
against the United States or any officer of the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture in any matter involving the activities of this

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Department, shall be served on the General Counsel of the Department. A 
U.S. Marshal or other process server attempting to serve process in such 
a suit on any officer of the Department shall be referred to the Office 
of the General Counsel, in order that service of process may be made. In 
the event an officer of the Department of Agriculture is served with 
process in such a suit, the officer shall immediately notify the General 
Counsel. Any subpoena, summons, or other compulsory process requiring an 
officer or employee to give testimony, or to produce or disclose any 
record or material of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shall be 
served on the officer or employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
named in the subpoena, summons, or other compulsory process.

[19 FR 4052, July 3, 1954, as amended at 33 FR 10273, July 18, 1968; 43 
FR 6202, Feb. 14, 1978; 60 FR 66481, Dec. 22, 1995]