Texas Courts of Appeals

There are fourteen districts of the Texas Courts of Appeals.                  Map

First Court of Appeals
About the Court, 9 justices, 10 counties, based in Houston.
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington counties

Second Court of Appeals
About the Court, 7 justices, 12 counties, based in Fort Worth.
Archer, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hood, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wichita, Wise, and Young counties.

Third Court of Appeals
About the Court, 6 justices, 24 counties, based in Austin.
Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Coke, Comal, Concho, Fayette, Hays, Irion, Lampasas, Lee, Llano, McCulloch, Milam, Mills, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green, Travis, and Williamson counties.

Fourth Court of Appeals
About the Court, 7 justices, 32 counties, based in San Antonio.
Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brooks, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, La Salle, Mason, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Real, Starr, Sutton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala counties.

Fifth Court of Appeals
About the Court, 13 justices, 6 counties, based in Dallas.
Collin, Dallas, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties.

Sixth Court of Appeals
About the Court, 3 justices, 19 counties, based in Texarkana.
Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur, and Wood counties.

Seventh Court of Appeals
About the Court, 4 justices, 32 counties, based in Amarillo.
Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, Wilbarger, and Yoakum counties.

Eighth Court of Appeals
About the Court, 3 justices, 17 counties, based in El Paso.
Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, and Winkler counties.

Ninth Court of Appeals
About the Court, 4 justices, 10 counties, based in Beaumont.
Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, and Tyler counties.

Tenth Court of Appeals
About the Court, 3 justices, 18 counties, based in Waco.
Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, Leon, Limestone, Madison, McLennan, Navarro, Robertson, Somervell, and Walker counties.

Eleventh Court of Appeals
About the Court, 3 justices, 28 counties, based in Eastland.
Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Erath, Fisher, Gaines, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Knox, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, and Throckmorton counties.

Twelfth Court of Appeals
About the Court, 3 justices, 17 counties, based in Tyler.
Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Houston, Nacogdoches, Rains, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties.

Thirteenth Court of Appeals
About the Court, 6 justices, 20 counties, based in Corpus Christi/Edinburg.
Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Cameron, De Witt, Goliad, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jackson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Live Oak, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wharton, and Willacy counties.

Fourteenth Court of Appeals
About the Court, 9 justices, 10 counties, based Houston.
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington counties.

The 1st and 14th Courts share concurrent jurisdiction cover the same counties. The cases are assigned on a random selection basis, but may be moved in order to equalize the docket. Also, the counties of Gregg, Rusk, Upshur, and Wood are in the jurisdictions of both the 6th and 12th Courts, while Hunt County is in the jurisdiction of both the 5th and 6th Courts.

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