eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 55.606. Personal jurisdiction.  


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  • 1The out-of-country foreign judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:
    16(1) 17The defendant was served personally in the foreign state;
    26(2) 27The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceedings, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceedings or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over him or her;
    62(3) 63The defendant, prior to the commencement of the proceedings, had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;
    90(4) 91The defendant was domiciled in the foreign state when the proceedings were instituted, or, being a body corporate, had its principal place of business, was incorporated, or had otherwise acquired corporate status, in the foreign state;
    127(5) 128The defendant had a business office in the foreign state and the proceedings in the foreign court involved a cause of action or a claim for relief arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign state; or
    171(6) 172The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign state and the proceedings involved a cause of action or claim for relief arising out of such operation.
History.-s. 6, ch. 94-239; s. 1360, ch. 95-147; s. 9, ch. 2005-241.

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