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Personal

jurisdiction. A court of this state having jurisdiction of the subject matter has

jurisdiction over a party served in an action pursuant to Rule 7 under any of

the following circumstances:

A Local

presence or status. In any action, whether arising within or without this state, against a

defendant who when the action is commenced:

A(1)

Is a natural person present within this state when served; or

A(2)

Is a natural person domiciled within this state; or

A(3)

Is a corporation created by or under the laws of this state; or

A(4)

Is engaged in substantial and not isolated activities within this state,

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

A(5)

Has expressly consented to the exercise of personal jurisdiction over such

defendant.

B Special

jurisdiction statutes. In any action which may be brought under statutes or rules of

this state that specifically confer grounds for personal jurisdiction over the

defendant.

C Local act

or omission. In any action claiming injury to person or property within or without this

state arising out of an act or omission within this state by the defendant.

D Local

injury; foreign act. In any action claiming injury to person or property within this state arising

out of an act or omission outside this state by the defendant, provided in

addition that at the time of the injury, either:

D(1)

Solicitation or service activities were carried on within this state by or on

behalf of the defendant; or

D(2)

Products, materials, or things distributed, processed, serviced, or

manufactured by the defendant were used or consumed within this state in the

ordinary course of trade.

E Local

services, goods, or contracts. In any action or proceeding which:

E(1)

Arises out of a promise, made anywhere to the plaintiff or to some third party

for the plaintiff's benefit, by the defendant to perform services within this

state or to pay for services to be performed in this state by the plaintiff; or

dant were used or consumed within this state in the

ordinary course of trade.

E Local

services, goods, or contracts. In any action or proceeding which:

E(1)

Arises out of a promise, made anywhere to the plaintiff or to some third party

for the plaintiff's benefit, by the defendant to perform services within this

state or to pay for services to be performed in this state by the plaintiff; or

E(2)

Arises out of services actually performed for the plaintiff by the defendant

within this state or services actually performed for the defendant by the

plaintiff within this state, if such performance within this state was

authorized or ratified by the defendant; or

E(3)

Arises out of a promise, made anywhere to the plaintiff or to some third party

for the plaintiff's benefit, by the defendant to deliver or receive within this

state or to send from this state goods, documents of title, or other things of

value; or

E(4)

Relates to goods, documents of title, or other things of value sent from this

state by the defendant to the plaintiff or to a third person on the plaintiff's

order or direction; or

E(5)

Relates to goods, documents of title, or other things of value actually

received in this state by the plaintiff from the defendant or by the defendant

from the plaintiff, without regard to where delivery to carrier occurred.

F Local

property. In any action which arises out of the ownership, use, or possession of real

property situated in this state or the ownership, use, or possession of other

tangible property, assets, or things of value which were within this state at

the time of such ownership, use, or possession; including, but not limited to,

actions to recover a deficiency judgment upon any mortgage, conditional sale

contract, or other security agreement relating to such property, executed by

the defendant or predecessor to whose obligation the defendant has succeeded.

other

tangible property, assets, or things of value which were within this state at

the time of such ownership, use, or possession; including, but not limited to,

actions to recover a deficiency judgment upon any mortgage, conditional sale

contract, or other security agreement relating to such property, executed by

the defendant or predecessor to whose obligation the defendant has succeeded.

G Director

or officer of a domestic corporation. In any action against a defendant who is or was

an officer or director of a domestic corporation where the action arises out of

the defendant's conduct as such officer or director or out of the activities of

such corporation while the defendant held office as a director or officer.

H Taxes or

assessments. In any action for the collection of taxes or assessments levied, assessed, or

otherwise imposed by a taxing authority of this state.

I Insurance

or insurers. In any action which arises out of a promise made anywhere to the plaintiff or

some third party by the defendant to insure any person, property, or risk and

in addition either:

I(1)

The person, property, or risk insured was located in this state at the time of

the promise; or

I(2)

The person, property, or risk insured was located within this state when the

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

I(3)

The event out of which the cause of action is claimed to arise occurred within

this state, regardless of where the person, property, or risk insured was

located.

J

Securities. In any action arising under the Oregon Securities Law, including an action

brought by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services,

against:

J(1)

An applicant for registration or registrant, and any person who offers or sells

a security in this state, directly or indirectly, unless the security or the

sale is exempt from ORS 59.055; or

nsured was

located.

J

Securities. In any action arising under the Oregon Securities Law, including an action

brought by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services,

against:

J(1)

An applicant for registration or registrant, and any person who offers or sells

a security in this state, directly or indirectly, unless the security or the

sale is exempt from ORS 59.055; or

J(2)

Any person, a resident or nonresident of this state, who has engaged in conduct

prohibited or made actionable under the Oregon Securities Law.

K Certain

marital and domestic relations actions.

K(1)

In any action to determine a question of status instituted under ORS chapter

106 or 107 when the plaintiff is a resident of or domiciled in this state.

K(2)

In any action to enforce personal obligations arising under ORS chapter 106 or

107, if the parties to a marriage have concurrently maintained the same or

separate residences or domiciles within this state for a period of six months,

notwithstanding departure from this state and acquisition of a residence or

domicile in another state or country before filing of such action; but if an

action to enforce personal obligations arising under ORS chapter 106 or 107 is

not commenced within one year following the date upon which the party who left

the state acquired a residence or domicile in another state or country, no

jurisdiction is conferred by this subsection in any such action.

K(3)

In any proceeding to establish parentage under ORS chapter 109 or 110, or any

action for declaration of parentage where the primary purpose of the action is

to establish responsibility for child support, when the act of sexual

intercourse which resulted in the birth of the child is alleged to have taken

place in this state.

urisdiction is conferred by this subsection in any such action.

K(3)

In any proceeding to establish parentage under ORS chapter 109 or 110, or any

action for declaration of parentage where the primary purpose of the action is

to establish responsibility for child support, when the act of sexual

intercourse which resulted in the birth of the child is alleged to have taken

place in this state.

L Other

actions. Notwithstanding a failure to satisfy the requirement of sections B through K of

this rule, in any action where prosecution of the action against a defendant in

this state is not inconsistent with the Constitution of this state or the

Constitution of the United States.

M 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 in sections

A through L would have furnished a basis for jurisdiction over the deceased had

the deceased been living. It is immaterial whether the action is commenced

during the lifetime of the deceased.

N Joinder

of claims in the same action. In any action brought in reliance upon

jurisdictional grounds stated in sections B through L, there cannot be joined

in the same action any other claim or cause against the defendant unless

grounds exist under this rule, or other rule or statute, for personal

jurisdiction over the defendant as to the claim or cause to be joined.

O Defendant

defined. For purposes of this rule and Rules 5 and 6, “defendant” includes any party

subject to the jurisdiction of the court.

[CCP 12/2/78; §K

amended by 1979 c.284 §8; §M amended by CCP 12/13/80; §E amended by CCP

12/10/88 and 1/6/89; §K amended by 1993 c.33 §364; §J amended by 1995 c.79 §401;

§K amended by 1995 c.608 §40; §K amended by 2003 c.14 §13; §K amended by 2017

c.651 §49]

(In Rem)

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