9 USC § 204 - Venue

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identifier: "/us/usc/t9/s204"
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title: "9 USC § 204 - Venue"
title_number: 9
title_name: "ARBITRATION"
section_number: "204"
section_name: "Venue"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 692.)"
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# § 204. Venue

section 203 of this title

An action or proceeding over which the district courts have jurisdiction pursuant to  may be brought in any such court in which save for the arbitration agreement an action or proceeding with respect to the controversy between the parties could be brought, or in such court for the district and division which embraces the place designated in the agreement as the place of arbitration if such place is within the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 692.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective upon the entry into force of the Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards with respect to the United States (), see , set out as a note under .