UJCA 201 · Article 2. Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction; in general
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§ 201. Jurisdiction; in general.
a. The court shall have jurisdiction as set forth in this article and as elsewhere provided by law, subject, in the case of a city court governed by this act, to the limitations stated in §2300 (b) (2) (i) of this act. The phrase "$3000", whenever it appears herein, shall be taken to mean "$3000 exclusive of interest and costs", except that, in the case of a city court governed by this act whose monetary jurisdiction is, pursuant to §2300 (b) (2) (i) of this act, below $3000, it shall be taken to mean such lesser sum as is applicable in the particular court, exclusive of interest and costs.
b. Concurrent civil jurisdiction of town court and village court in village. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or section one hundred eighty-six of the village law, the town court and the village court of a village wholly or partly within such town and wherein a court has been established, shall have concurrent civil jurisdiction over causes of action arising within such village.
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