2013 Maryland Code
COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
§ 6-103 - Cause of action arising from conduct in State or tortious injury outside State

§6-103.

(a) If jurisdiction over a person is based solely upon this section, he may be sued only on a cause of action arising from any act enumerated in this section.

(b) A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person, who directly or by an agent:

(1) Transacts any business or performs any character of work or service in the State;

(2) Contracts to supply goods, food, services, or manufactured products in the State;

(3) Causes tortious injury in the State by an act or omission in the State;

(4) Causes tortious injury in the State or outside of the State by an act or omission outside the State if he regularly does or solicits business, engages in any other persistent course of conduct in the State or derives substantial revenue from goods, food, services, or manufactured products used or consumed in the State;

(5) Has an interest in, uses, or possesses real property in the State; or

(6) Contracts to insure or act as surety for, or on, any person, property, risk, contract, obligation, or agreement located, executed, or to be performed within the State at the time the contract is made, unless the parties otherwise provide in writing.

(c) (1) (i) In this subsection the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(ii) “Computer information” has the meaning stated in § 22-102 of the Commercial Law Article.

(iii) “Computer program” has the meaning stated in § 22-102 of the Commercial Law Article.

(2) The provisions of this section apply to computer information and computer programs in the same manner as they apply to goods and services.

§ 6-103 - 1. Nonresident defendant in civil action involving child support or alimony

A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant in any civil proceeding arising out of the marital relationship or involving a demand for child support, spousal support, or counsel fees if the plaintiff resides in this State at the time suit is filed and the nonresident defendant has been personally served with process in accordance with the Maryland Rules and:

(1) This State was the matrimonial domicile of the parties immediately before their separation; or

(2) The obligation to pay child support, spousal support, or counsel fees arose under the laws of this State or under an agreement executed by one of the parties in this State.

§ 6-103 - 2. Nonresident defendant in paternity proceeding

A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant alleged to be the father in a paternity proceeding if:

(1) The mother resides in this State at the time the suit is filed;

(2) The nonresident alleged father personally has been served with process in accordance with the Maryland Rules; and

(3) The act of conception is alleged to have occurred in this State.

§ 6-103 - 3. Recognition and enforceability of foreign defamation judgments

(a) "Defamation" defined. -- In this section, "defamation" includes invasion of privacy by false facts.

(b) Exercise of personal jurisdiction. -- A court may exercise personal jurisdiction, to the fullest extent permitted by the United States Constitution, over any person who obtains a judgment in a defamation proceeding outside the United States against any person who is a resident of this State or has assets in this State for the purpose of providing declaratory relief with respect to that person's liability for the judgment or determining whether the judgment may not be recognized under § 10-704 of this article if the Maryland resident or person who has assets in this State may have to take actions in Maryland to comply with the foreign defamation judgment.