HO-CHUNK NATION CODE (HCC)

HO-CHUNK NATION CODE (HCC)

TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 15 - LONG ARM ORDINANCE

ENACTED BY LEGISLATURE: JULY 20, 2005

CITE AS: 2 HCC § 15

This Act supersedes the Long-Arm Statute enacted by Legislative Resolution 4/11/00C.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Authority . ... .. ........................................ .... ... .... . 1

2. Declaration . .. ........... .......... ........ .......... ...... .. ... .. 1

3. Definitions . .. . .... .. ................ ................... .. .. .. ..... 1

4. Jurisdictional Requirements for Judgments .. ... 2

5. Personal Jurisdiction, Grounds for Generally .. 2

6. Service of Summons ......... .. ............ .. .. . ..... .... ... 4

7. Severability ·· ······ ······ ···· ·············.: --:··; ········· ········ 7

1. Authority. Article V, Section 2{a) of the Constitution grants the Legislature the

power to make laws, including codes, ordinances, resolutions, and statutes.

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2. Declaration. In order to protect the interests of the H9-Chunk Nation {''Nation"), the

Legislature has determined that facilitating the extensiofi,of jurisdiction over legal

persons ~d entities, who have consented to jurisdiction or by their presence within the

territory acquiescence to the government's protection, is a necessary and legitimate

function of the government.

3. Defmitions.

a. "Defendant" means the person named as defendant in a civil action, an_d where in

this Act acts of the defendant are referred to, the refer~nce attributes to the defendant any

person's acts for which acts the defendant is legally responsible. In determining for

jurisdiction purposes the defendant's legal responsibility for the acts of another, the

substantive liability of the defendant is irrelevant.

b. "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, and body politic and

corporate.

c. "Plaintiff" means the person named as plaintiff in a civil action, and where in this

Act acts of the plaintiff are referred to, the reference attributes to the plaintiff the acts of

an agent within the scope of the agent's authority.

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d. "Subject Matter Jurisdiction" means the power of a court to hear the kind of action

brought. Subject matter jurisdiction is conferred by the Constitution and laws of the

Nation and by statutes of the United States.

4. Jurisdictional Requirements for Judgments.

a. Subiect Matter Jurisdiction. The Ho-Chunk Nation Trial Court is a court of

general jurisdiction. A court of this Nation may entertain a civil action only when it has

subject matter jurisdiction.

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b. Personal Jurisdiction. A court of this Nation having subject matter jurisdiction

may render a judgment against a party personally only if there exists one or more of the

jurisdictional grounds:

( 1) A summons is served upon the person; or

(2) Service of Summons is dispensed.

c. Jurisdiction In Rem or Quasi In Rem. A court of the Nation having subject matter

jurisdiction may render judgment in rem or quasi in rem upon a status or upon a property

or other thing and the judgment ins such action may affect the interests in the status,

property or thing of all persons served with a summo)J.s and .complaint of notice of object

of action as the case requires.

5. Personal Jurisdiction, Grounds for Generally. A court of the Nation having

jurisdiction over the subject matter of an action has jurisdi~tion over a person served in

that action pursuant to Section 6 under any of the following circumstances.

a. Local Presence or Status. In any action whether arising on or off the lands of the

Ho-Chunk Nation, against a defendant who, when the action is commenced:

(1) Is a natural person present on the lands of the Nation when served; or

(2) Is a natural person domiciled on the lands of the Nation; or

(3) Is engaged in substantial and not isolated activities on the lands of the Nation,

whether such activities are wholly interstate, intrastate or otherwise; or

(4) Is an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

b. Special Jurisdiction. In any action, which may be brought under the laws of the

Nation, that specifically confers grounds for personal jurisdiction over the defendant.

c. Local Act or Omission. In any action claiming injury to person or property on or

off of the lands of the Nation arising out of an act or omission on the lands of the Nation

by ·the defendant.

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d. Local Injury~ Foreign Act. In any action claiming injury to person or property on

the lands of the Nation arising out of an act or omission outside the lands of the Nation by

the defendant, provided in addition that at the time of the injury, either:

(1) Solicitation or service activities were engaged in ~n the lands of the Nation by

or on behalf of the defendant; or

(2) Products, materials or things processed, serviced or manufactured by the

defendant were used or consumed on the lands of the Nation in the ordinary course of

trade.

e. Local Services, Goods or Contracts. In any action which:

( 1) Arises out of a promise made anywhere to the plaintiff or to some third party

for the plaintiffs benefit by the defendant to perform services on the lands of the Nation

or to pay for services to be performed on the lands of the Nation by the plaintiff; or

(2) Arises out of services actually performed for the plaintiff by the defendant on

the lands of the Nation, or services actually performed for the defendant by the plaintiff

on the lands of the Nation if such performance on the lands of the Nation was authorized

or ratified by the defendant; or

(3) Arises out of a promise made anywhere to the plaintiff or to some third ·party

for the plaintiffs benefit by the defendant to deliver or receive on the lands of1tie'Nation

or to ship from this state goods, documents of title, or other things of value; or _.,

(4) Relates to goods, docliments of title, or other thing_s of value shipped from the

lands of the Nation by the plaintiff to the defendant on the defendant's order or direction;

or

(5) Relates to goods, documents of title, or other things of value actually received

by the plaintiff on the lands of the Nation from the defendant without regard to where

delivery to carrier occurred.

f Local Property. In any action which arises out of:

(1) A promise made anywhere to the plaintiff or to some third party for the

plaintiffs benefit by the defendant to create in either party an interest in, or protect,

acquire, dispose of, use, rent, own, control or possess by either party real property

situated on the lands of the Nation; or

(2) A claim to recover any benefit derived by the defendant through the use,

ownership, control or possession by the defendant of tangible property situated on the

lands of the Nation eith~r at the .time of the first use, ownership, control or possession or

at the time the action is commenced; or

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(3) A claim that the defendant returns, restores, or accounts to the plaintiff for

any asset or thing of value, which was on the lands of the nation at the time the defendant

acquired possession or control over it.

g. Deficiency Judgment on Local Foreclosure or Resale. In any action to .recover a

deficiency judgment upon a mortgage note or conditional sales contract or other security

agreement executed by the defendant or predecessor to whose obligation the defendant

has succeeded and the deficiency is claimed either:

(1) In any action in the Nation courts to foreclose upon real property situated on

the lands of the Nation; or

(2) Following sale ofreal property on the lands of the Nation by the plaintiff; or

(3) Following resale of tangible property on the lands _ofthe Nation by the

plaintiff.

h. Insurance or Insurers. In any action which arises out of a promise made anywhere

to the plaintiff or to some third party by the defendant to insure upon or against the

happening of.an event and in addition either:

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( 1) The person insured was an enrolled Ho-Chunk Tribal member when the event

out of which the cause of action is claimed to arise occurred; or

(2) The event out of which the cause of action is claimed to arise occurred 9nthe

lands of the Nation, regardless of where the person insured arises.

i. Personal Representative. In any action against a personal representative to enforce

a claim against the deceased person represented where one or more of the grounds stated

is paragraphs b through h, above, would have furnished a basis for jurisdiction over the

deceased had the deceased been living and it is immaterial under this section whether the

action had been commenced "during the lifetime of the deceased.

j . Joinder of Claims in same Action. hi any action brought in reliance upon

jurisdictional grounds in paragraphs b through h, above, there cannot be joined in the

same action any other claim or cause against the defendant unless grounds exist under

this section for personal jurisdiction over the defendant as to claim or cause to be joined.

6. Service of Summons. A court of the Nation having jurisdiction as provided in

Section 5 may exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant by service of a summons as

follows:

a. Natural Person.

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( 1) By personally serving the summons upon the defendant either within or

without the Nation.

(2) If with reasonable diligence the defendant cannot be served under paragraph

(1), above, then by leaving a copy of the summons at the defendant's usual place of

abode:

(a) In the presence of some competent member of the family at least 14 years

of age, who shall be informed of the contents thereof;

(b) In the presence of a competent adult, currently residing in the abode of the

defendant, who shall be informed of the contents of the summons; or

(c) Pursuant to the law for the substituted service of summons or like process

upon defendants in actions brought in courts of general jurisdiction of the state in which

service is made.

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(3) If with reasonable diligence the defendant cannot be served under paragraphs

(1) or (2), above, service may be made by publication of the summons in a newspaper

which has been regularly and continuously published and by mailing. If the defendant's

post office address is known or can with reasonable diligence be ascertained, there shall

be mailed to the defendant, at or immediately before the first publication, a copy of the

summons and a copy of the complaint. The mailing may be omitted if the post office

address cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence.

(4) In any case, by serving the summons in a manner specified by any other

statute upon the defendant or upon an agent authorized by appointment or by law to

accept services of the summons for the defendant.

b. Natural Person Under Disability. Upon a natural person under disability by

serving the summons in any manner prescribed in paragraph (1), below, upon such

person under disability and, in addition, where required by this paragraph or paragraph a,

above, upon a person therein designated. A minor 14 years of age or older who is not

mentally incompetent and not otherwise under guardianship is not a person under

disability for purposes of this subsection.

( 1) Where the person under disability is a minor under the age of 14 years,

summons shall be served separately in any manner prescribed in paragraph a( 1), above,

upon a parent or guardian having custody of the child, or if there is none, upon any other

person having the care and control of the child. If there is no parent, guardian or other

person having care and control of the child when the service is made upon the child, then

service of the summons shall be made upon the guardian ad litem after appointment.

(2) Where the person under disability is known by the plaintiff to be under

guardianship of any kind, a summons shall be se_rved separately upon the guardian in any

manner prescribed in paragraphs a, above. If no guardian has been appointed when

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service is made upon a person known to the plaintiff to be incompetent to have charge of

the person's affairs, then service of the summons shall be made upon the guardian ad

litem after appointment.

c. Nation. Upon the Nation, by delivering a copy of the summons and of the

complaint to the Attorney General or leaving them at the Attorney General's office with

an assistant or clerk.

d. Other Political Corporations or Bodies Politic.

(1) Upon a political corporation or other body politic, by personally serving any

of the specified officers, directors, or agents.

(2) Instead of delivering the copy of the summons to the person specified, the

copy may be left in the office of such officer, director or managing agent with the person

who is apparently in charge of the office.

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e. Domestic or Foreign Corporations or-Limited Liability Companies, General.

Upon a domestic or foreign corporation or domestic or foreign limited liability company:

(1) By personally serving the ~ummons upon an officer, director or managing

agents of the corporation or limited liability company. Instead of delivering the copy of

the summons to the officer specified, the copy may be left in the office of such officer,

director or managing agent with the person who is apparently in charge of the office.

(2) If with reasonable diligence the defendant cannot be served under paragraph

(1), above, then the summons may be served upon an officer, director or managing agent

of the corporation or limited liability company by publication and mailing as provided in

paragraph (1), above.

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(3) By serving the summons in a manner specified by any other statute upon the

defendant or upon an agent authorized by appointment or by law to accept service of the

summons for the defendant.

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(4) If against any insurer, to any agent of the insurer. Service upon an agent of

the insurer is not valid unless a copy of the summons and proof of service is sent by

registered mail to the principal place of business ~fthe insurer within five (5) days after

service upon the agent. Service upon any insurer may also be made under paragraph a,

above.

f. Partners and Partnerships. A summons shall be served individually upon each •

general partner known to the plaintiff by service in any manner prescribed in paragraphs

e( 1) or e(2) where the claim sued upon arises of or relates to partnership activities

sufficient to subject a defendant to personal jurisdiction under Section 5. A judgment

rendered under such circumstances ~s a binding adju_dication individually against each

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partner so served and is binding adjudication against the partnership as to its assets

anywhere.

7. Severability. Any part of this Ordinance found to be unconstitutional by the Nation's

Courts shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this statue.

Legislative History:

4/20/00

Adopted by Legislative Resolution 4/11/00B.

11/24/04

Legislature places Long Arm Statute out for Executive Review and Coordination as a

Proposed Bill.

Legislature places Draft Long Arm Ordinance (2 HCC § 15) out for 45-Day Public Review.

5/17/05

7/8/05

45-Day Public Review period ends without comments.

7/20/05

Enacted by Legislative Resolution 7/20/05J.

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