Laws which enable the court to serve a defendant outside the state as long as the defendant has sufficient minimum contacts within the state and it seems fair to assert jurisdiction are called ________.

A) Minimum contact statutes
B) Significant contact statutes
C) Long-arm statutes
D) In rem statutes
E) Quasi in rem statutes

Long-arm statutes allow a court to exercise personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant if the defendant has sufficient connections with the state. These statutes are designed to permit a state to reach beyond its borders to assert jurisdiction over a defendant who has engaged in some conduct connecting them to the state, making it reasonable to require them to defend a lawsuit there.