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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-2B-05" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="2B" subtitle_name="International Commercial Arbitration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any complaint filed in circuit court with respect to international commercial arbitration shall be filed with the court in the county:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>As provided by the agreement; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Where the arbitration hearing was held.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the agreement does not provide for a county in which a complaint shall be filed or if the hearing has not been held, the complaint shall be filed with the court:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In the county where the adverse party resides;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the county where the adverse party has a place of business or owns real property; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the adverse party has neither a residence nor a place of business or property in the State, in Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
