Actions to recover a chattel
§ 508. Actions to recover a chattel. The place of trial of an action to recover a chattel may be in the county in which any part of the subject of the action is situated at the time of the commencement of the action.
To get back personal property (a chattel), venue may be the county where any part of it sits at commencement. ★ Note "may," not "shall" — it's permissive.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.