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Section 600.711

REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961


600.711 General personal jurisdiction over corporations.

Sec. 711.

   The existence of any of the following relationships between a corporation and the state shall constitute a sufficient basis of jurisdiction to enable the courts of record of this state to exercise general personal jurisdiction over the corporation and to enable such courts to render personal judgments against the corporation.
  (1) Incorporation under the laws of this state.
  (2) Consent, to the extent authorized by the consent and subject to the limitations provided in section 745.
  (3) The carrying on of a continuous and systematic part of its general business within the state.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 88, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 88 of 1974 provides: “This 1974 amendatory act shall apply to actions commenced after its effective date, even if the cause of action arose prior thereto. Actions commenced prior to the effective date of this act shall not be affected thereby.”




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