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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="6-101" title_number="6" title_name="Personal Jurisdiction, Venue, Process and Practice" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Bases of Personal Jurisdiction">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For purposes of personal jurisdiction, venue, and service of process, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“County” includes any federal enclave, reservation, or land within the geographical limits of the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Resident” includes a person residing on a federal enclave, reservation, or land in the State or a county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“State” includes any federal enclave, reservation, or land within the geographical limits of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>It is the intention of the General Assembly to extend the personal jurisdiction and venue of courts of the State and the power to serve process of those courts to any person on federal enclaves, reservations, or lands within the State to the fullest extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The jurisdiction of the United States over land acquired by it shall continue only so long as the United States owns, leases, or occupies the land.</text>
  </level>
</section>
