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Here is an oddity

In Alvin, Health and Human Services, Chip, wic, Welfare,CPS and others are all in the same building all share the same reception area.

Are any of these organizations considered an "office of the court" (CPS being the only one I can think of that might be).

As far as I can tell, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (of which CPS is part) is an executive-branch department, like DPS or DOT.

Welfare programs other than SSI are federally funded programs that are administered by the states, so probably no federal employees work in those offices. That would be my only concern.

I have been to many federal offices that had prominent "no weapons" signs citing federal law. That's not to say that every such facility has those signs.

- Jim

As i would understand the term "office of the court", they are really referring to just the actual court themselves. This would include the court clerk, the judge's chambers, the jury rooms, etc. If it is an agency other than this, don't worry about the court part.

As a side note, there is a court you may not know of that might be in that building. The State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) is the civil court office that hears most of the violations of Administrative Code rules. They are a state agency that might have offices in the state buildings (I don't know where they have offices outside of Austin).