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Mont. Code Ann. § 35-7-115

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  5. 35-7-115 Jurisdiction

TITLE 35. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

CHAPTER 7. MODEL REGISTERED AGENTS ACT

Part 1. Registered Agents

Jurisdiction

35-7-115. Jurisdiction. The appointment or maintenance in this state of a registered agent does not by itself create the basis for personal jurisdiction over the represented entity in this state.

History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 240, L. 2007.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2017–2025 · leading case: Deleon v. BNSF Ry. Co.
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Deleon v. BNSF Ry. Co. (2018) mont · cites it 12× “" Section 35-7-115, MCA (emphasis added). This express jurisdictional limitation appropriately ensures that service of process and the scope of personal jurisdiction remain separate legal concepts.”
The Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corporation v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (2017) · cites it 2× “§ 79-35-15 (2016); Mont. Code Ann. § 35-7-115 (2017); Nev. Rev.”
First National Bank of Sioux Falls v. The Estate of Eric Ryan Carlson (2020) mtd · cites it 2× “Mont. Code Ann. § 35-7-115 . Instead, a foreign corporation must be put on notice that its actions might be construed as consent to personal jurisdiction.”
The State of Montana v. Eli Lilly and Company (2025) njd · cites it 2× “(citing Mont. Code Ann. § 35-7-115 ).17 Indeed, Montana’s own Legislature codified this proposition, declaring that: “The appointment or maintenance in this state of a registered agent does not by itself create the basis for personal jurisdiction over the represented entity in…”
Finn v. LVGV, LLC (2024) nvd “The law in Nevada is 26 not so clear as to allow this Court to conclude general jurisdiction is conferred by virtue of 27 appointment of a registered agent. See Cenegenics LLC v.”
K&C Logistics, LLC v. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. and Daniel Steven Cooper (2023) miss “3d at 6-9 (finding that Montana statutes expressly prohibit consent jurisdiction because “appointment of a registered agent ‘does not by itself create the basis for personal jurisdiction[,’]” and nothing else would put a corporation on notice that it had consented (citing Mont.…”
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