Acts Submitting to Jurisdiction

Acts Submitting to Jurisdiction. (a) Any person, whether or not a citizen or resident of the Commonwealth, who in person or through an agent does any of the acts enumerated in this section, thereby submits such person, and, if not an individual, its personal representative, to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth as to any cause of action arising from the doing of any of the following acts: (1) The transaction of any business within the Commonwealth; (2) Contracting to supply goods or services within the Commonwealth; (3) Contracting to insure any person, property, or risk located within the Commonwealth; (4) Causing tortious injury or damage within the Commonwealth by an act or omission done within the Commonwealth; (5) Causing tortious injury or damage within the Commonwealth by an act or omission done outside the Commonwealth by a person engaged in business or other acts having impact within the Commonwealth, or who derives income or revenue from supplying goods or services within the Commonwealth; (6) Holding or having interest in real property, including security or leasehold interests, within the Commonwealth, or using, possessing or owning real property within the Commonwealth; (7) Any act done outside the Commonwealth which causes or results in any harmful impact, injury or damages, including pollution of air, land or water within the Commonwealth; or (8) Any other act done within or outside the Commonwealth from which a cause of action arises and for which it would not be unreasonable, unfair or unjust to hold the person doing the act legally responsible in a court of the Commonwealth. (b) Service of process upon any person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth, as provided in this section, may be made as provided by 7 CMC § 1104, if the person cannot be found in the Commonwealth, with the same force and effect as if process had been personally served within the Commonwealth. (c) Only causes of action arising from acts enumerated herein may be asserted against a defendant in an action in which jurisdiction over the defendant is based upon this section. (d) Nothing contained in this section limits or affects the right to serve any process in any other manner now or hereafter provided by law. (e) The legislature intends that jurisdiction under this section shall be coextensive with the minimum standards of due process as determined in the United States federal courts. Source: PL 2-15, § 2.