§ 9-5-33. Jurisdiction over foreign corporations and over nonresident individuals, partnerships,
or associations.
(a) Every foreign corporation, every individual not a resident of this state or his or
her executor or administrator, and every partnership or association, composed of any
person or persons not such residents, that shall have the necessary minimum contacts
with the state of Rhode Island, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the state
of Rhode Island, and the courts of this state shall hold such foreign corporations
and such nonresident individuals or their executors or administrators, and such partnerships
or ass
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§ 9-5-33. Jurisdiction over foreign corporations and over nonresident individuals, partnerships,
or associations.
(a) Every foreign corporation, every individual not a resident of this state or his or
her executor or administrator, and every partnership or association, composed of any
person or persons not such residents, that shall have the necessary minimum contacts
with the state of Rhode Island, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the state
of Rhode Island, and the courts of this state shall hold such foreign corporations
and such nonresident individuals or their executors or administrators, and such partnerships
or associations amenable to suit in Rhode Island in every case not contrary to the
provisions of the constitution or laws of the United States.
(b) Service of process may be made on any such foreign corporation, nonresident individual
or his or her executor or administrator, and such partnership or association within
or without the state in the manner provided by any applicable procedural rule or in
the manner prescribed by order of the court in which the action is brought.
(c) Nothing herein shall limit or affect the right to serve process upon the nonresident
individual or his or her executor or administrator, or the partnership or association,
or a foreign corporation within this state or without this state in any manner now
or hereafter permitted by law.
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