Selected State Long Arm Statutes
Long-arm statutes are laws that provide a statutory basis for the exercise of personal jurisdiction by state courts. The following examples provide a cross-section of the different forms that these statutes can take.
Links to official version of state long arm statutes:
- California: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&division=&title=5.&part=2.&chapter=1.&article=1.
- Illinois: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=073500050K2-209
- Iowa: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2022/617.3.pdf
- Kansas: https://www.ksrevisor.org/statutes/chapters/ch60/060_003_0008.html#:~:text=60%2D308.,any%20party%20outside%20this%20state.
- Minnesota: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/543.19
- Missouri: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=506.500
- New York: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/302
- Rhode Island: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov//Statutes/TITLE9/9-5/9-5-33.htm
These links were last tested on October 10, 2022.