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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="6-202" title_number="6" title_name="Personal Jurisdiction, Venue, Process and Practice" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Venue">
  <text>In addition to the venue provided in § 6-201 or § 6-203, the following actions may be brought in the indicated county:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Divorce -- Where the plaintiff resides;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Annulment -- Where the plaintiff resides or where the marriage ceremony was performed;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Action against a corporation which has no principal place of business in the State -- Where the plaintiff resides;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Replevin or detinue -- Where the property sought to be recovered is located;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Action relating to custody, guardianship, maintenance, or support of a child -- Where the father, alleged father, or mother of the child resides, or where the child resides;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Suit on a bond against a corporate surety -- Where the bond is filed, or where the contract is to be performed;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Action for possession of real property -- Where a portion of the land upon which the action is based is located;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>Tort action based on negligence -- Where the cause of action arose;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>Attachment on original process -- Where the property is located or where the garnishee resides;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>Nondelivery or injury of goods against master or captain of a vessel -- Where the goods are received on board the vessel or where delivery is to be made under the contract;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="11">
    <text>Action for damages against a nonresident individual -- Any county in the State;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="12">
    <text>Action against a person who absconds from a county or leaves the State before the statute of limitations has run -- Where the defendant is found;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="13">
    <text>In a local action in which the defendant cannot be found in the county where the subject matter of the action is located -- In any county in which the venue is proper under § 6-201.</text>
  </level>
</section>
