Missouri Laws 407.1028 – Long-arm jurisdiction, motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) businesses
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 407.1028
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Any person who is engaged or engages directly or indirectly in purposeful contacts within the state of Missouri in connection with the offering, advertising, purchasing, selling, or contracting to purchase or to sell new motorcycles or all-terrain vehicles, or who, being a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisor, is transacting or transacts any business with a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisee who maintains a place of business within the state and with whom the person has a franchise, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state of Missouri, upon service of process in accordance with the provisions of section 506.510, irrespective of whether such person is a manufacturer, importer, distributor or dealer in new motorcycles or all-terrain vehicles.