Long-arm jurisdiction, motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) businesses
If a person or company does business related to selling or buying new motorcycles or ATVs in Missouri — or has a franchise deal with a Missouri motorcycle or ATV dealer — Missouri courts have the power to take them to court, no matter where that person or company is located.
407.1028. , motorcycle and (ATV) businesses. — Any person who is engaged or engages directly or indirectly in purposeful contacts within the state of Missouri in connection with the offering, advertising, purchasing, selling, or contracting to purchase or to sell new motorcycles or all-terrain vehicles, or who, being a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle , is transacting or transacts any business with a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle who maintains a place of business within the state and with whom the person has a , shall be subject to the of the courts of the state of Missouri, upon in accordance with the of section 506.510, irrespective of whether such person is a , , or in new motorcycles or all-terrain vehicles.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1998 H.B. 1055 § 2)
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