N.Y. CVP Law § 501
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Contractual provisions fixing venue
Official statutory text
§ 501. Contractual provisions fixing venue. Subject to the provisions\nof subdivision two of section five hundred ten and section five hundred\nfourteen of this article, written agreement fixing place of trial, made\nbefore an action is commenced, shall be enforced upon a motion for\nchange of place of trial.\n
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