Corporations Code section 17701.17

(a)

A member may, in a written operating agreement or other writing, consent to be subject to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of a specified jurisdiction and the courts of this state, or the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of this state.

(b)

If a member desires to use the arbitration process, that member may, in a written operating agreement or other writing, consent to be nonexclusively subject to arbitration in a specified state or states and this state, or to be exclusively subject to arbitration in this state.

(c)

Along with this consent to the jurisdiction of courts or arbitration, a member may consent to be served with legal process in the manner prescribed in the operating agreement or other writing.

Source: Section 17701.17, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=CORP§ionNum=17701.­17.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2013; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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