Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 15.017 – Libel, Slander, or Invasion of Privacy

Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 15.017
Libel, Slander, or Invasion of Privacy


A suit for damages for libel, slander, or invasion of privacy shall be brought and can only be maintained in the county in which the plaintiff resided at the time of the accrual of the cause of action, or in the county in which the defendant resided at the time of filing suit, or in the county of the residence of defendants, or any of them, or the domicile of any corporate defendant, at the election of the plaintiff.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Source: Section 15.017 — Libel, Slander, or Invasion of Privacy, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.­15.­htm#15.­017 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

15.001
Definitions
15.002
Venue: General Rule
15.003
Multiple Plaintiffs and Intervening Plaintiffs
15.004
Mandatory Venue Provisions Governs Multiple Claims
15.005
Multiple Defendants
15.006
Venue Determined by Facts Existing at the Time of Accrual
15.007
Conflict with Certain Provisions
15.011
Land
15.012
Injunction Against Suit
15.013
Injunction Against Execution of Judgment
15.014
Head of State Department
15.015
Counties
15.016
Other Mandatory Venue
15.017
Libel, Slander, or Invasion of Privacy
15.018
Federal Employers’ Liability Act
15.019
Inmate Litigation
15.020
Major Transactions: Specification of Venue by Agreement
15.031
Executor
15.032
Insurance
15.033
Breach of Warranty by Manufacturer
15.035
Contract in Writing
15.038
Other Permissive Venue
15.039
Transient Person
15.062
Counterclaims, Cross Claims, and Third-party Claims
15.063
Transfer
15.064
Hearings
15.065
Watercourse or Roadway Forming County Boundary
15.066
Conflict with Rules of Civil Procedure
15.081
Application
15.082
Venue: General Rule
15.083
Residence of a Single Man
15.084
Forcible Entry and Detainer
15.085
Executor
15.086
Counties
15.087
Option: Suit in Defendant’s County of Residence
15.088
Nonresident
15.089
Transient Person
15.090
Personal Property
15.091
Rents
15.092
Contract
15.093
Torts
15.094
Corporation
15.095
Railroad Companies
15.096
Steamboat or Other Vessel
15.097
Insurance Companies
15.098
Pleading Requirements
15.099
More than One Justice
15.100
Disqualified Justice
15.0115
Landlord-tenant
15.0151
Certain Political Subdivisions
15.0181
Jones Act
15.0641
Venue Rights of Multiple Defendants
15.0642
Mandamus
15.0821
Administrative Rules for Transfer

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

§ 15.017’s source at texas​.gov