New York § 701 - 701Jurisdiction; courts; venue
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 701 — 701Jurisdiction; courts; venue, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 701. 701Jurisdiction; courts; venue
§ 701. Jurisdiction; courts; venue. 1. A special proceeding to recover real property may be maintained in a county court, the court of a police justice of the village, a justice court, a court of civil jurisdiction in a city, or a district court. 2. The place of trial of the special proceeding shall be within the jurisdictional area of the court in which the real property or a portion thereof is situated; except that where the property is located in an incorporated village which includes parts of two or more towns the proceeding may be tried by a justice of the peace of any such town who keeps an office in the village.
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