Fourteenth Court of Appeals

Section 22.201 of the Government Code was amended effective September 1, 2023 to create the Fifteenth Court of Appeals. The Fifteenth Court of Appeals will have exclusive intermediate appellate jurisdiction of certain appeals as defined in Government Code, section 22.220(d), starting September 1, 2024. On September 1, 2024, all cases pending in the First through Fourteenth Courts of Appeals that were filed on or after September 1, 2023, and of which the Fifteenth Court of Appeals has exclusive intermediate appellate jurisdiction, will transfer to the Fifteenth Court of Appeals pursuant to the enabling legislation. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., ch. 459 (S.B. 1045), § 1.15, eff. Sept. 1, 2023. The court requests that parties to a new civil appeal confer and advise the court by letter if your appeal is subject to transfer under the new law.