                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER PERSON MAY BE EXERCISED (§ 8.01-328.1)

A. A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person, who acts directly
or by an agent, as to a cause of action arising from the person&#8217;s:

   1. Transacting any business in this Commonwealth;

   2. Contracting to supply services or things in this Commonwealth;

   3. Causing tortious injury by an act or omission in this Commonwealth;

   4. Causing tortious injury in this Commonwealth by an act or omission outside
   this Commonwealth if he regularly does or solicits business, or engages in any
   other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods
   used or consumed or services rendered, in this Commonwealth;

   5. Causing injury in this Commonwealth to any person by breach of warranty
   expressly or impliedly made in the sale of goods outside this Commonwealth
   when he might reasonably have expected such person to use, consume, or be
   affected by the goods in this Commonwealth, provided that he also regularly
   does or solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of
   conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or
   services rendered in this Commonwealth;

   6. Having an interest in, using, or possessing real property in this
   Commonwealth;

   7. Contracting to insure any person, property, or risk located within this
   Commonwealth at the time of contracting;

   8. Having (i) executed an agreement in this Commonwealth which obligates the
   person to pay spousal support or child support to a domiciliary of this
   Commonwealth, or to a person who has satisfied the residency requirements in
   suits for annulments or divorce for members of the armed forces or civilian
   employees of the United States, including foreign service officers, pursuant
   to &#xA7; 20-97, provided that proof of service of process on a nonresident
   party is made by a law-enforcement officer or other person authorized to serve
   process in the jurisdiction where the nonresident party is located; (ii) been
   ordered to pay spousal support or child support pursuant to an order entered
   by any court of competent jurisdiction in this Commonwealth having in personam
   jurisdiction over such person; or (iii) shown by personal conduct in this
   Commonwealth, as alleged by affidavit, that the person conceived or fathered a
   child in this Commonwealth;

   9. Having maintained within this Commonwealth a matrimonial domicile at the
   time of separation of the parties upon which grounds for divorce or separate
   maintenance is based, or at the time a cause of action arose for divorce or
   separate maintenance or at the time of commencement of such suit, if the other
   party to the matrimonial relationship resides herein; or

   10. Having incurred a liability for taxes, fines, penalties, interest, or
   other charges to any political subdivision of the Commonwealth.
   				Jurisdiction in subdivision 9 is valid only upon proof of service of
   process pursuant to &#xA7; 8.01-296 on the nonresident party by a person
   authorized under the provisions of &#xA7; 8.01-320. Jurisdiction under clause
   (iii) of subdivision 8 is valid only upon proof of personal service on a
   nonresident pursuant to &#xA7; 8.01-320.

B. Using a computer or computer network located in the Commonwealth shall
constitute an act in the Commonwealth. For purposes of this subsection,
&#8220;use&#8221; and &#8220;computer network&#8221; shall have the same
meanings as those contained in &#xA7; 18.2-152.2.

C. When jurisdiction over a person is based solely upon this section, only a
cause of action arising from acts enumerated in this section may be asserted
against him; however, nothing contained in this chapter shall limit, restrict,
or otherwise affect the jurisdiction of any court of this Commonwealth over
foreign corporations that are subject to service of process pursuant to the
provisions of any other statute.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-81.2; 1964, c. 331; 1977, c. 617; 1978, c. 132; 1981,
c. 6; 1982, c. 313; 1983, c. 428; 1984, c. 609; 1986, c. 275; 1987, c. 594;
1988, cc. 866, 878; 1992, c. 571; 1999, cc. 886, 904, 905; 2001, c. 221; 2007,
c. 533; 2009, c. 582; 2017, c. 480.