Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 15.003 — MULTIPLE PLAINTIFFS AND INTERVENING PLAINTIFFS

CP § 15.003Title 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL · Part B. TRIAL MATTERS · Ch. 15. VENUE · Art. A. DEFINITIONS; GENERAL RULES

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(a)In a suit in which there is more than one plaintiff, whether the plaintiffs are included by joinder, by intervention, because the lawsuit was begun by more than one plaintiff, or otherwise, each plaintiff must, independently of every other plaintiff, establish proper venue. If a plaintiff cannot independently establish proper venue, that plaintiff's part of the suit, including all of that plaintiff's claims and causes of action, must be transferred to a county of proper venue or dismissed, as is appropriate, unless that plaintiff, independently of every other plaintiff, establishes that:

(1)joinder of that plaintiff or intervention in the suit by that plaintiff is proper under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure;

(2)maintaining venue as to that plaintiff in the county of suit does not unfairly prejudice another party to the suit;

(3)there is an essential need to have that plaintiff's claim tried in the county in which the suit is pending; and

(4)the county in which the suit is pending is a fair and convenient venue for that plaintiff and all persons against whom the suit is brought.

(b)An interlocutory appeal may be taken of a trial court's determination under Subsection (a) that:

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.