long arm statutes

Various state legislative acts which provide for personal jurisdiction, via substituted service of process, over persons or corporations which are nonresidents of the state and which voluntarily go into the state, directly or by agent, or communicate with persons in the state, for limited purposes, in actions which concern claims relating to the performance or execution of those purposes, e.g. transacting business in the state, contracting to supply services or goods in the state, or selling goods outside the state when the seller knows that the goods will be used or consumed in the state.

See International Shoe Co. v. State of Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 316, 66 S.Ct. 154, 158, 90 L.Ed. 95.

E.g. in New York, as to a cause of action arising from any of the following acts, the court may exercise personal jurisdiction over any nondomiciliary, or his executor or administrator, who in person or through agent:

(1) Transacts any business within state;

(2) commits tortious act other than defamation within state;

(3) commits tortious act, other than defamation, outside state causing injury to person or property within state, if such nondomiciliary regularly does or solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or services rendered within state; or

(4) owns, uses, or possesses real property within state. N.Y.Consol. Laws, CPLR No. 302.

See also Mass.G.L.A. c. 223A.

See also minimum contacts

- service (service of process)

+ long arm statutes

Laws enacted in most states which permit courts to acquire personal jurisdiction of nonresidents by virtue of activity within the state.

See foreign service

- minimum contacts.