§ 20-2-221. “Person” Defined
As used in §§ 20-2-222 — 20-2-225, “person” includes an individual, executor, administrator or other personal representative, or a corporation, partnership, association or any other legal or commercial entity, whether or not a citizen or domiciliary of this state and whether or not organized under the laws of this state.
§ 20-2-222. Personal Jurisdiction Based Upon Enduring Relationship
A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over: A person domiciled in, organized under the laws of, or maintaining the person’s principal place of business in, the state as to any claim for relief; or A person who is a party to an action of divorce, annulment or separate maintenance when the parties have lived in […]
§ 20-2-223. Personal Jurisdiction Based on Conduct
A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person, who acts directly or indirectly, as to a claim for relief arising from the person’s: Transacting any business in this state; Contracting to supply services or things in this state; Causing tortious injury by an act or omission in this state; Causing tortious injury in this […]
§ 20-2-224. Service Outside the State
When the exercise of personal jurisdiction is authorized by §§ 20-2-221 — 20-2-223, this section and § 20-2-225, service may be made outside this state in the manner provided by the Tennessee rules of civil procedure or as otherwise provided by law.
§ 20-2-225. Other Bases of Jurisdiction Unaffected — Jurisdiction Whenever Permitted by Constitution
A court of this state may exercise jurisdiction: On any other basis authorized by law; or On any basis not inconsistent with the constitution of this state or of the United States.
§ 20-2-226. Service on the Secretary of State—collection of Fee
The secretary of state shall collect a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) each time process is served on the secretary of state under this chapter, or pursuant to the convention on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters, signed at The Hague, November 15, 1965, commonly referred to as […]
§ 20-2-217. Extraterritorial Personal Service — Proof
In addition to service of process on the secretary of state as set forth in this part, personal service of process may be made upon any party outside the state by any person over eighteen (18) years of age and not a party to the action. No order of court shall be required to constitute […]
§ 20-2-218. Causes of Action Limited
Only causes of action arising hereafter or heretofore from past or future transactions as set forth in § 20-2-214 may be asserted against the defendant in an action in which jurisdiction over the defendant is based upon §§ 20-2-214 — 20-2-217, this section and § 20-2-219.
§ 20-2-219. Process Under Other Laws Not Affected — Liberal Construction
Nothing contained in §§ 20-2-214 — 20-2-218 and this section shall limit or affect the service of process in any other manner now provided by law. Subsection (a) is in the nature of remedial legislation and it is the legislative intent that it be given a liberal construction.
§ 20-2-220. Authority of Deputy and Assistant Secretaries of State
An act of a deputy or regular assistant of the secretary of state in the secretary of state’s behalf under this part shall be deemed the equivalent of the act of the secretary of state; provided, that the deputy or assistant signs the name of the secretary of state by the secretary of state as […]