222                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 [ Ch. 2

State.

SEC- 6-103. PERSONAL JURISDICTION AS TO CAUSE OF
ACTION ARISING FROM CONDUCT IN STATE, TORTIOUS INJURY
OUTSIDE STATE.

(A)   CONDITION.

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)   IN GENERAL.

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.

REVISOR's NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 75, §96.

Subsection (b) (1) is expanded to include a
person who performs any work or service in
this State. This provision is derived from
Art. 75, §78. The addition is not, however,
a substantive change. The Long Arm Statute