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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 462<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1504987,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377404,"identifier":"8.01-465.13:4","token":"8.01\/17.2\/8.01-465.13_4","url":"\/8.01-465.13_4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-465.13_4\/","token":"8.01\/17.2\/8.01-465.13_4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Personal jurisdiction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-465.13:4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A foreign-country judgment<\/span> may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction<\/span> if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The defendant<\/span> was served with process personally in the foreign country<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The defendant<\/span> 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<\/span> of the court<\/span> over the defendant<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The defendant<\/span>, before the commencement of the proceeding, had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction<\/span> of the foreign court<\/span> with respect to the subject matter involved; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The defendant<\/span> was domiciled in the foreign country<\/span> 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<\/span> of, the foreign country<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> The defendant<\/span> had a business office in the foreign country<\/span> and the proceeding in the foreign court<\/span> involved a cause of action<\/span> arising out of business done by the defendant<\/span> through that office in the foreign country<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> The defendant<\/span> operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country<\/span> and the proceeding involved a cause of action<\/span> arising out of that operation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The list of bases for personal jurisdiction<\/span> in subsection A is not exclusive. The courts<\/span> of the Commonwealth may recognize bases of personal jurisdiction<\/span> other than those listed in subsection A as sufficient to support a foreign-country judgment<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONAL JURISDICTION (\u00a7 8.01-465.13:4)\n\nA. A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of\npersonal jurisdiction if:\n\n 1. The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country;\n\n 2. The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the\n purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the\n proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant;\n\n 3. The defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding, had agreed to\n submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject\n matter involved;\n\n 4. The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceeding was\n instituted or was a corporation or other form of business organization that\n had its principal place of business in, or was organized under the laws of,\n the foreign country;\n\n 5. The defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the\n proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of\n business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign country; or\n\n 6. The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country\n and the proceeding involved a cause of action arising out of that operation.\n\nB. The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in subsection A is not exclusive.\nThe courts of the Commonwealth may recognize bases of personal jurisdiction\nother than those listed in subsection A as sufficient to support a\nforeign-country judgment.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, c. 462.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}