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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="6-203" title_number="6" title_name="Personal Jurisdiction, Venue, Process and Practice" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Venue">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The general rule of § 6-201 of this subtitle does not apply to actions enumerated in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The venue of the following actions is in the county where all or any portion of the subject matter of the action is located:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Partition of real estate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Enforcement of a charge or lien on land;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Eminent domain;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Trespass to land; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Waste.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the property lies in more than one county, the court where proceedings are first brought has jurisdiction over the entire property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The venue of an action to recover damages against a railroad company for injury to livestock is the county where the injury occurred.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The venue of an action for guardianship under Title 5, Subtitle 3 of the Family Law Article is in the county where the court has jurisdiction over the child in need of assistance case under Title 3, Subtitle 8 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the venue for a proceeding for adoption of an individual who is physically within this State or subject to the jurisdiction of an equity court is in a county where:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The petitioner is domiciled;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The petitioner has resided for at least 90 days next preceding the filing of the petition;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A licensed child placement agency having legal or physical custody of the individual is located;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The individual is domiciled, if the individual is related to the petitioner by blood or marriage or is an adult; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>An equity court has continuing jurisdiction over the custody of the individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The venue in an adoption of an individual under Title 5, Subtitle 3, Part III of the Family Law Article is in the court with jurisdiction over the individual under Title 3, Subtitle 8 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The venue in an adoption of an individual under Title 5, Subtitle 3, Part IV of the Family Law Article is in the court where the individual’s guardianship case is pending.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
