§ A406-15. Civil jurisdiction: residence requirements.

A. 

Except as provided in § A406-15B, the plaintiff or defendant, or one of the plaintiffs or defendants, must reside within the city. A person, an association or a corporation having an office or a place for the transaction of business within the city or being engaged in the business of transportation therein is, for the purposes of this section, to be deemed a resident thereof.

B. 

In a summary proceeding to recover the possession of real property or in an action to establish a mechanic's lien, to foreclose a lien on a chattel or recover one or more chattels, neither the plaintiff nor the defendant need reside within the city if the real property or chattel is located within the city.