California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 10.5 — Partition of Real and Personal Property, Chapter 1 — General Provisions, Article 2 — Powers of Court, Section 872.110
(a) The superior court has jurisdiction of actions under this title.
(b) Subject to the power of the court to transfer actions, the proper county for the trial of actions under this title is:
(1) Where the subject of the action is real property or real and personal property, the county in which the real property, or some part thereof, is situated.
(2) Where the subject of the action is personal property, the county in which the personal property is principally located at the commencement of the action or in which the defendants, or any of them, reside at the commencement of the action.
Notes
Establishes superior court jurisdiction over actions under this title and, subject to transfer, sets venue for real-property actions in any county containing some of the real property. For personal-property actions, venue lies where the property is principally located or where any defendant resides when the action begins.
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