Uniform Interstate and International Procedure Act

This act addresses how a state's courts obtain authority over parties located outside the state, setting out the circumstances in which a court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident person or entity and the methods by which process may be served to bring that party before the court. Its operative provisions pair the jurisdictional reach with the service mechanisms needed to make that reach effective in cases with interstate or international elements. The remaining provisions are standard for a uniform act: they preserve other bases of jurisdiction and other applicable law, direct that the act be construed to promote uniformity among the states that adopt it, and supply severability and a short title.

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