                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSONAL JURISDICTION (§ 8.01-465.13:4)

A. A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of
personal jurisdiction if:

   1. The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country;

   2. The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the
   purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the
   proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant;

   3. The defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding, had agreed to
   submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject
   matter involved;

   4. The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceeding was
   instituted or was a corporation or other form of business organization that
   had its principal place of business in, or was organized under the laws of,
   the foreign country;

   5. The defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the
   proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of
   business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign country; or

   6. The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country
   and the proceeding involved a cause of action arising out of that operation.

B. The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in subsection A is not exclusive.
The courts of the Commonwealth may recognize bases of personal jurisdiction
other than those listed in subsection A as sufficient to support a
foreign-country judgment.

HISTORY: 2014, c. 462.