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Utah Code § 78B-3-201

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Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Clearone Communications, Inc. v. Bowers (2011)

Most recently applied in XMission, LC v. PureHealth Research (June 2024)

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session

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(1) This part is known as the "Nonresident Jurisdiction Act."

(2) It is declared, as a matter of legislative policy, that the public interest demands the state provide its citizens with an effective means of redress against nonresident persons, who, through certain significant minimal contacts with this state, incur obligations to citizens entitled to the state's protection. This legislative action is necessary because of technological progress which has substantially increased the flow of commerce between the several states resulting in increased interaction between persons of this state and persons of other states.

(3) The provisions of this part, to ensure maximum protection to citizens of this state, should be applied so as to assert jurisdiction over nonresident defendants to the fullest extent permitted by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.