Section 701. Jurisdiction; courts; venue  


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  • 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.