§ 28-20.3-04 — Personal jurisdiction

North Dakota § 28-20.3-04

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 28: Judicial Procedure, Civil
• Ch. 28-20.3: Uniform Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act

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1. A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal
jurisdiction if:
a. The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country;
b. The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the purpose
of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceeding or of
contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant;
c. The defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding, had agreed to
submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter
involved;
d. The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceeding was
instituted or was a corporation or other form of business organization that had its
principal place of business in, or was organized under the laws of, the foreign
country;
e. The defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the proceeding in
the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the
defendant through that office in the foreign country; or
f. The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country and the
proceeding involved a cause of action arising out of that operation.
2. The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in subsection 1 is not exclusive. The courts of
this state may recognize bases of personal jurisdiction other than those listed in
subsection 1 as sufficient to support a foreign-country judgment.