A court of this state may exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the Constitution of this state or of the United States.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 410.10
Jurisdiction
Applied in 131 court decisions — leading case Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Solano Cty. (1987)
Most recently applied in Brandon Briskin v. Shopify, Inc. (April 2025)
Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1610.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.