§ 9-5-33 - Jurisdiction over foreign corporations and over nonresident individuals, partnerships, or associations.
SECTION 9-5-33
§ 9-5-33 Jurisdiction over foreigncorporations and over nonresident individuals, partnerships, or associations.– (a) Every foreign corporation, every individual not a resident of this state orhis or her executor or administrator, and every partnership or association,composed of any person or persons not such residents, that shall have thenecessary minimum contacts with the state of Rhode Island, shall be subject tothe jurisdiction of the state of Rhode Island, and the courts of this stateshall hold such foreign corporations and such nonresident individuals or theirexecutors or administrators, and such partnerships or associations amenable tosuit in Rhode Island in every case not contrary to the provisions of theconstitution or laws of the United States.
(b) Service of process may be made on any such foreigncorporation, nonresident individual or his or her executor or administrator,and such partnership or association within or without the state in the mannerprovided by any applicable procedural rule or in the manner prescribed by orderof the court in which the action is brought.
(c) Nothing herein shall limit or affect the right to serveprocess upon the nonresident individual or his or her executor oradministrator, or the partnership or association, or a foreign corporationwithin this state or without this state in any manner now or hereafterpermitted by law.