Ohio Code 3901.323 – Jurisdiction
(A) The courts of this state have personal jurisdiction over both of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3901.323
- 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: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) Every person that is not a resident or domiciliary of, nor authorized to do business in, this state, and that files a statement with the superintendent of insurance under section 3901.321 of the Revised Code;
(2) All actions involving such person arising out of violations of section 3901.321 of the Revised Code.
(B) Each person described in division (A) of this section is deemed to have performed acts equivalent to and constituting an appointment of the superintendent to be his attorney upon whom may be served all process in any action, suit, or proceeding arising out of violations of section 3901.321 of the Revised Code. Copies of all such process shall be served on the superintendent and transmitted by certified mail by the superintendent to such person at his last known address.