28 U.S.C. § 124

Section 124 · Texas

Current version, with additions and removals from the December 3, 2003 version.

Current — July 30, 2024

As of December 3, 2003

Texas is divided into four judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas.

Northern District

(a) The Northern District comprises seven divisions.

(1) The Dallas Division comprises the counties of Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall.

Court for the Dallas Division shall be held at Dallas.

(2) The Fort Worth Division comprises the counties of Comanche, Erath, Hood, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise.

Court for the Fort Worth Division shall be held at Fort Worth.

(3) The Abilene Division comprises the counties of Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Shackleford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, and Throckmorton.

Court for the Abilene Division shall be held at Abilene.

(4) The San Angelo Division comprises the counties of Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Glasscock, Irion, Menard, Mills, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, and Tom Green.

Court for the San Angelo Division shall be held at San Angelo.

(5) The Amarillo Division comprises the counties of Armstrong, Brisco, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and Wheeler.

Court for the Amarillo Division shall be held at Amarillo.

(6) The Wichita Falls Division comprises the counties of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young.

Court for the Wichita Falls Division shall be held at Wichita Falls.

(7) The Lubbock Division comprises the counties of Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Kent, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Scurry, Terry, and Yoakum.

Court for the Lubbock Division shall be held at Lubbock.

Southern District

(b) The Southern District comprises seven divisions.

(1) The Galveston Division comprises the counties of Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, and Matagorda.

Court for the Galveston Division shall be held at Galveston.

(2) The Houston Division comprises the counties of Austin, Brazos, Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker, Waller, and Wharton.

Court for the Houston Division shall be held at Houston.

(3) The Laredo Division comprises the counties of Jim Hogg, La Salle, McMullen, Webb, and Zapata.

Court for the Laredo Division shall be held at Laredo.

(4) The Brownsville Division comprises the counties of Cameron and Willacy.

Court for the Brownsville Division shall be held at Brownsville.

(5) The Victoria Division comprises the counties of Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Refugio, and Victoria.

Court for the Victoria Division shall be held at Victoria.

(6) The Corpus Christi Division comprises the counties of Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, and San Patricio.

Court for the Corpus Christi Division shall be held at Corpus Christi.

(7) The McAllen Division comprises the counties of Hidalgo and Starr.

Court for the McAllen Division shall be held at McAllen.

Eastern District

(1) The Tyler Division comprises the counties of Anderson, Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Van Zandt, and Wood.

Court for Tyler Division will be held at Tyler.

(2) The Beaumont Division comprises the counties of Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, and Orange.

Court for the Beaumont Division is to be held at Beaumont.

(3) The Sherman Division comprises the counties of Collin, Cook, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, and Lamar.

Court for the Sherman Division shall be held at Sherman and Plano.

(4) The Marshall Division comprises the counties of Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, and Upshur.

Court for the Marshall Division shall be held at Marshall.

(5) The Texarkana Division comprises the counties of Bowie, Franklin, Red River, and Titus.

Court for the Texarkana Division shall be held at ~~Texarkana.~~

Court for the Texarkana Division shall be held at Texarkana, and may be held anywhere within the Federal courthouse in Texarkana that is located astride the State line between Texas and Arkansas.

(6) The Lufkin Division comprises the counties of Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler.

Court for the Lufkin Division shall be held at Lufkin.

Western District

(d) The Western District comprises seven divisions.

(1) The Austin Division comprises the counties of Bastrop, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Gillespie, Hays, Kimble, Lampasas, Lee, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Washington, and Williamson.

Court for the Austin Division shall be held at Austin.

(2) The Waco Division comprises the counties of Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Leon, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Robertson, and Somervell.

Court for the Waco Division shall be held at Waco.

(3) The El Paso Division comprises the county of El Paso.

Court for the El Paso Division shall be held at El Paso.

(4) The San Antonio Division comprises the counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Real, and Wilson.

Court for the San Antonio Division shall be held at San Antonio.

(5) The Del Rio Division comprises the counties of Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavalla.

Court for the Del Rio Division shall be held at Del Rio.

(6) The Pecos Division comprises the counties of Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Hudspeth, Loving, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Ward, and Winkler.

Court for the Pecos Division shall be held at ~~Pecos.~~

Court for the Pecos Division shall be held at Pecos and Alpine.

(7) The Midland-Odessa Division comprises the counties of Andrews, Crane, Ector, Martin, Midland, and Upton.

Court for the Midland-Odessa Division shall be held at Midland. Court may be held, in the discretion of the court, in Odessa, when courtroom facilities are made available at no expense to the Government.

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Jul 30, 2024 – presentcurrentviewing
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Subsec. (d)(6). Pub. L. 118–73, which directed the insertion of “and Alpine” after “Pecos” in the matter preceding par. (7), was executed by making the insertion after “Pecos” the second place appearing, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
▸ what changed
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Pub. L. 118–73, § 2(a), July 30, 2024, 138 Stat. 1504.
Dec 10, 2004 – Jul 30, 2024
Annual edition
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 108–455 inserted “, and may be held anywhere within the Federal courthouse in Texarkana that is located astride the State line between Texas and Arkansas” after “held at Texarkana”.
▸ what changed changes vs current →
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Pub. L. 108–455, § 3, Dec. 10, 2004, 118 Stat. 3628
Dec 3, 2003 – Dec 10, 2004
Annual edition
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 108–157, § 1(a)(1), substituted “Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, and Lamar” for “Denton, and Grayson” and inserted “and Plano” after “held at Sherman”.
▸ what changed changes vs current →
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Pub. L. 108–157, § 1(a), Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1947
Nov 8, 1984 – Dec 3, 2003
Annual edition
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–620, § 407(a)(1), substituted “seven” for “six” in provisions preceding par. (1).
changes vs current →
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Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 407(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3362
Oct 15, 1980 – Nov 8, 1984
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 96–462, § 6(a), struck out references to Polk and Trinity counties in list of counties comprising Houston Division of Southern District.
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Pub. L. 96–462, § 6, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2054
Dec 18, 1967 – Oct 15, 1980
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90–216, § 1(4), enlarged from six to seven the number of divisions comprising Western District.
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Pub. L. 90–216, Dec. 18, 1967, 81 Stat. 661
Aug 30, 1964 – Dec 18, 1967
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 88–282, § 1(a), struck out Austin, Fort Bend, and Wharton counties from list comprising Galveston Division.
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Pub. L. 88–512, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 695
Mar 11, 1964 – Aug 30, 1964
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 88–282, § 1(a), struck out Austin, Fort Bend, and Wharton counties from list comprising Galveston Division.
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Pub. L. 88–282, Mar. 11, 1964, 78 Stat. 163
Oct 4, 1961 – Mar 11, 1964
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 87–352 changed the name of Division from Jefferson to Marshall, and provided for holding court at Marshall.
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Pub. L. 87–352, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 772
Sep 4, 1957 – Oct 4, 1961
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 85–298, § 2, inserted Shelby County in list of counties comprising Tyler Division.
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Pub. L. 85–298, §§ 1, 2, Sept. 4, 1957, 71 Stat. 618
Feb 10, 1954 – Sep 4, 1957
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (d)(4). Act Feb. 10, 1954, § 2(b)(9)(a), struck out Edwards County from list of counties comprising San Antonio Division of Western District.
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Feb. 10, 1954, ch. 6, § 2(b)(9)(a), (b), 68 Stat. 11
Jun 25, 1948 – Feb 10, 1954
Enacted · full text not held
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June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 891

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