VENUE AND JURISDICTION
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Mayes v. Stewart (2000)
Most recently applied in Bill Eris v. Ilias Giannakopoulos (May 2012)
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3513, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff
(a) A joint owner or a claimant of real property or an interest in real property may bring an action to partition the property or interest in a district court of a county in which any part of the property is located.
(b) A joint owner of personal property must bring an action to partition the property in a court that has jurisdiction over the value of the property.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.