§ 114.010.Venue

Two counties, and the claimant chooses.

The first is a county in which the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred. On a construction contract that is usually where the project was built.

The second is the county of the agency’s principal office, which for most state agencies is Travis County.

The choice matters on a distant project. A contractor working a job hundreds of miles from the capital can try the case where the work was done, near the witnesses and the site.

Suit is in district court. The section names no other trial court, which fits a chapter with a $250,000 threshold.

This is a mandatory venue provision for these claims, and it sits alongside the general venue rules in Chapter 15 rather than inside them.

Federal court is not an option under Section 114.007, so the venue choice is between two Texas counties.

There is no plaintiff’s-residence option. The two counties are tied to the events and to the agency, so a contractor’s own home county gives no venue on its own.

The choice can matter for cost as much as for tactics. Trying a construction case near the project keeps witnesses, records and inspectors within reach of the courthouse.