{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-349.401","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 349.401","heading":"VENUE.","body":"An action under this chapter must be brought in the county in which:\n(1) the transaction was entered; or\n(2) the defendant resides when the action is filed.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 4. REGULATION OF INTEREST, LOANS, AND FINANCED TRANSACTIONS","SUBTITLE B. LOANS AND FINANCED TRANSACTIONS","CHAPTER 349. PENALTIES AND LIABILITIES","SUBCHAPTER E. PROCEDURES FOR CIVIL ACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.349.htm#349.401","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"f00393c01e8fa1d1dbd929cddc4a39fe67ab743bdc85635d3888d95c2e924f04","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-349.305","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-349.402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}