Texas Statutes
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution

Section 154.021. Referral of Pending Disputes for Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure - Sec. 154.021. REFERRAL OF PENDING DISPUTES FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION...

Section 154.022. Notification and Objection - Sec. 154.022. NOTIFICATION AND OBJECTION. (a) If a court determines...

Section 154.023. Mediation - Sec. 154.023. MEDIATION. (a) Mediation is a forum in which...

Section 154.024. Mini-Trial - Sec. 154.024. MINI-TRIAL. (a) A mini-trial is conducted under an...

Section 154.025. Moderated Settlement Conference - Sec. 154.025. MODERATED SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE. (a) A moderated settlement conference...

Section 154.026. Summary Jury Trial - Sec. 154.026. SUMMARY JURY TRIAL. (a) A summary jury trial...

Section 154.027. Arbitration - Sec. 154.027. ARBITRATION. (a) Nonbinding arbitration is a forum in...

Section 154.028. Mediation Following Application for Expedited Foreclosure - Sec. 154.028. MEDIATION FOLLOWING APPLICATION FOR EXPEDITED FORECLOSURE. (a) A...

Subchapter C. Impartial Third Parties

Section 154.051. Appointment of Impartial Third Parties - Sec. 154.051. APPOINTMENT OF IMPARTIAL THIRD PARTIES. (a) If a...

Section 154.052. Qualifications of Impartial Third Party - Sec. 154.052. QUALIFICATIONS OF IMPARTIAL THIRD PARTY. (a) Except as...

Section 154.053. Standards and Duties of Impartial Third Parties - Sec. 154.053. STANDARDS AND DUTIES OF IMPARTIAL THIRD PARTIES. (a)...

Section 154.054. Compensation of Impartial Third Parties - Sec. 154.054. COMPENSATION OF IMPARTIAL THIRD PARTIES. (a) The court...

Section 154.055. Qualified Immunity of Impartial Third Parties - Sec. 154.055. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY OF IMPARTIAL THIRD PARTIES. (a) A...

Subchapter D. Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 154.071. Effect of Written Settlement Agreement - Sec. 154.071. EFFECT OF WRITTEN SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. (a) If the...

Section 154.072. Statistical Information on Disputes Referred - Sec. 154.072. STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON DISPUTES REFERRED. The Texas Supreme...

Section 154.073. Confidentiality of Certain Records and Communications - Sec. 154.073. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN RECORDS AND COMMUNICATIONS. (a) Except...

Chapter 155 - Settlement Weeks

Section 155.001. Settlement Weeks Required - Sec. 155.001. SETTLEMENT WEEKS REQUIRED. In every county with a...

Section 155.002. Settlement Week Committee - Sec. 155.002. SETTLEMENT WEEK COMMITTEE. The administrative judge of each...

Section 155.003. Attorney to Serve as Mediator - Sec. 155.003. ATTORNEY TO SERVE AS MEDIATOR. Any attorney currently...

Section 155.004. Application of Certain Alternate Dispute Resolution Procedures - Sec. 155.004. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES. The...

Section 155.005. Authority of Court - Sec. 155.005. AUTHORITY OF COURT. Each court participating in settlement...

Section 155.006. Funding; Cooperation With Other Organizations - Sec. 155.006. FUNDING; COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. The administrative judge...

Chapter 171 - General Arbitration

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 171.001. Arbitration Agreements Valid - Sec. 171.001. ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS VALID. (a) A written agreement to...

Section 171.002. Scope of Chapter - Sec. 171.002. SCOPE OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter does not...

Section 171.003. Uniform Interpretation - Sec. 171.003. UNIFORM INTERPRETATION. This chapter shall be construed to...

Subchapter B. Proceedings to Compel or Stay Arbitrations

Section 171.021. Proceeding to Compel Arbitration - Sec. 171.021. PROCEEDING TO COMPEL ARBITRATION. (a) A court shall...

Section 171.022. Unconscionable Agreements Unenforceable - Sec. 171.022. UNCONSCIONABLE AGREEMENTS UNENFORCEABLE. A court may not enforce...

Section 171.023. Proceeding to Stay Arbitration - Sec. 171.023. PROCEEDING TO STAY ARBITRATION. (a) A court may...

Section 171.024. Place for Making Application - Sec. 171.024. PLACE FOR MAKING APPLICATION. (a) If there is...

Section 171.025. Stay of Related Proceeding - Sec. 171.025. STAY OF RELATED PROCEEDING. (a) The court shall...

Section 171.026. Validity of Underlying Claim - Sec. 171.026. VALIDITY OF UNDERLYING CLAIM. A court may not...

Subchapter C. Arbitration

Section 171.041. Appointment of Arbitrators - Sec. 171.041. APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS. (a) The method of appointment...

Section 171.042. Majority Action by Arbitrators - Sec. 171.042. MAJORITY ACTION BY ARBITRATORS. The powers of the...

Section 171.043. Hearing Conducted by Arbitrators - Sec. 171.043. HEARING CONDUCTED BY ARBITRATORS. (a) Unless otherwise provided...

Section 171.044. Time and Place of Hearing; Notice - Sec. 171.044. TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING; NOTICE. (a) Unless...

Section 171.045. Adjournment or Postponement - Sec. 171.045. ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT. Unless otherwise provided by the...

Section 171.046. Failure of Party to Appear - Sec. 171.046. FAILURE OF PARTY TO APPEAR. Unless otherwise provided...

Section 171.047. Rights of Party at Hearing - Sec. 171.047. RIGHTS OF PARTY AT HEARING. Unless otherwise provided...

Section 171.048. Representation by Attorney; Fees - Sec. 171.048. REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY; FEES. (a) A party is...

Section 171.049. Oath - Sec. 171.049. OATH. The arbitrators, or an arbitrator at the...

Section 171.050. Depositions - Sec. 171.050. DEPOSITIONS. (a) The arbitrators may authorize a deposition:...

Section 171.051. Subpoenas - Sec. 171.051. SUBPOENAS. (a) The arbitrators, or an arbitrator at...

Section 171.052. Witness Fee - Sec. 171.052. WITNESS FEE. The fee for a witness attending...

Section 171.053. Arbitrators' Award - Sec. 171.053. ARBITRATORS' AWARD. (a) The arbitrators' award must be...

Section 171.054. Modification or Correction to Award - Sec. 171.054. MODIFICATION OR CORRECTION TO AWARD. (a) The arbitrators...

Section 171.055. Arbitrator's Fees and Expenses - Sec. 171.055. ARBITRATOR'S FEES AND EXPENSES. Unless otherwise provided in...

Subchapter D. Court Proceedings

Section 171.081. Jurisdiction - Sec. 171.081. JURISDICTION. The making of an agreement described by...

Section 171.082. Application to Court; Fees - Sec. 171.082. APPLICATION TO COURT; FEES. (a) The filing with...

Section 171.083. Time for Filing - Sec. 171.083. TIME FOR FILING. An applicant for a court...

Section 171.084. Stay of Certain Proceedings - Sec. 171.084. STAY OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. (a) After an initial...

Section 171.085. Contents of Application - Sec. 171.085. CONTENTS OF APPLICATION. (a) A court may require...

Section 171.086. Orders That May Be Rendered - Sec. 171.086. ORDERS THAT MAY BE RENDERED. (a) Before arbitration...

Section 171.087. Confirmation of Award - Sec. 171.087. CONFIRMATION OF AWARD. Unless grounds are offered for...

Section 171.088. Vacating Award - Sec. 171.088. VACATING AWARD. (a) On application of a party,...

Section 171.089. Rehearing After Award Vacated - Sec. 171.089. REHEARING AFTER AWARD VACATED. (a) On vacating an...

Section 171.090. Type of Relief Not Factor - Sec. 171.090. TYPE OF RELIEF NOT FACTOR. The fact that...

Section 171.091. Modifying or Correcting Award - Sec. 171.091. MODIFYING OR CORRECTING AWARD. (a) On application, the...

Section 171.092. Judgment on Award - Sec. 171.092. JUDGMENT ON AWARD. (a) On granting an order...

Section 171.093. Hearing; Notice - Sec. 171.093. HEARING; NOTICE. The court shall hear each initial...

Section 171.094. Service of Process for Initial Application - Sec. 171.094. SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR INITIAL APPLICATION. (a) On...

Section 171.095. Service of Process for Subsequent Applications - Sec. 171.095. SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONS. (a) After...

Section 171.096. Place of Filing - Sec. 171.096. PLACE OF FILING. (a) Except as otherwise provided...

Section 171.097. Transfer - Sec. 171.097. TRANSFER. (a) On application of a party adverse...

Section 171.098. Appeal - Sec. 171.098. APPEAL. (a) A party may appeal a judgment...

Chapter 172 - Arbitration and Conciliation of International Commercial Disputes

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 172.001. Scope of Chapter - Sec. 172.001. SCOPE OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter applies to...

Section 172.002. Definitions - Sec. 172.002. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter: (1) "Arbitration" includes...

Section 172.003. International Agreement - Sec. 172.003. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT. (a) An arbitration or conciliation agreement...

Section 172.004. Commercial Agreement - Sec. 172.004. COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT. An arbitration or conciliation agreement is...

Section 172.005. Date Written Communications Received - Sec. 172.005. DATE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED. (a) Except as agreed...

Section 172.006. Waiver of Right to Object - Sec. 172.006. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO OBJECT. (a) A party...

Section 172.007. Delegation of Certain Determinations - Sec. 172.007. DELEGATION OF CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS. The parties may authorize...

Subchapter B. Arbitration Agreements

Section 172.031. Arbitration Agreements Valid - Sec. 172.031. ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS VALID. (a) A written arbitration agreement...

Section 172.032. Requirements for Arbitration Agreement - Sec. 172.032. REQUIREMENTS FOR ARBITRATION AGREEMENT. (a) An arbitration agreement...

Section 172.033. Rules Referred to in Agreement - Sec. 172.033. RULES REFERRED TO IN AGREEMENT. An agreement of...

Subchapter C. Arbitrators

Section 172.051. Number of Arbitrators - Sec. 172.051. NUMBER OF ARBITRATORS. An arbitration has one arbitrator...

Section 172.052. Nationality of Arbitrator - Sec. 172.052. NATIONALITY OF ARBITRATOR. A person of any nationality...

Section 172.053. Appointment of Arbitration Tribunal - Sec. 172.053. APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL. (a) Subject to Sections...

Section 172.054. Appointment by Court - Sec. 172.054. APPOINTMENT BY COURT. (a) On request of a...

Section 172.055. Factors Considered - Sec. 172.055. FACTORS CONSIDERED. In appointing an arbitrator, the district...

Section 172.056. Disclosure of Grounds for Challenge - Sec. 172.056. DISCLOSURE OF GROUNDS FOR CHALLENGE. (a) Except as...

Section 172.057. Grounds for Challenge; Limitation - Sec. 172.057. GROUNDS FOR CHALLENGE; LIMITATION. Except as provided by...

Section 172.058. Challenge After Appointment - Sec. 172.058. CHALLENGE AFTER APPOINTMENT. A party who appointed or...

Section 172.059. Challenge Procedure - Sec. 172.059. CHALLENGE PROCEDURE. (a) The parties may agree on...

Section 172.060. Appeal of Unsuccessful Challenge - Sec. 172.060. APPEAL OF UNSUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE. (a) If a challenge...

Section 172.061. Failure or Impossibility to Act - Sec. 172.061. FAILURE OR IMPOSSIBILITY TO ACT. (a) The mandate...

Section 172.062. Termination of Mandate - Sec. 172.062. TERMINATION OF MANDATE. The mandate of an arbitrator...

Section 172.063. Substitution of Arbitrator - Sec. 172.063. SUBSTITUTION OF ARBITRATOR. (a) When the mandate of...

Section 172.064. Withdrawal of Arbitrator - Sec. 172.064. WITHDRAWAL OF ARBITRATOR. The withdrawal of an arbitrator...

Subchapter D. Arbitration Tribunal

Section 172.081. Decision of Arbitration Tribunal - Sec. 172.081. DECISION OF ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL. (a) Except as agreed...

Section 172.082. Determination of Jurisdiction of Arbitration Tribunal - Sec. 172.082. DETERMINATION OF JURISDICTION OF ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL. (a) The...

Section 172.083. Interim Measures Ordered by Arbitration Tribunal - Sec. 172.083. INTERIM MEASURES ORDERED BY ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL. (a) Except...

Subchapter E. Arbitration Proceedings

Section 172.101. Equal Treatment of Parties - Sec. 172.101. EQUAL TREATMENT OF PARTIES. The arbitration tribunal shall:...

Section 172.102. Substantive Rules - Sec. 172.102. SUBSTANTIVE RULES. (a) The arbitration tribunal shall decide...

Section 172.103. Rules of Procedure - Sec. 172.103. RULES OF PROCEDURE. (a) The parties may agree...

Section 172.104. Rules of Evidence - Sec. 172.104. RULES OF EVIDENCE. The power of the arbitration...

Section 172.105. Subpoena - Sec. 172.105. SUBPOENA. (a) The arbitration tribunal may issue a...

Section 172.106. Place of Arbitration - Sec. 172.106. PLACE OF ARBITRATION. (a) The parties may agree...

Section 172.107. Commencement of Arbitration - Sec. 172.107. COMMENCEMENT OF ARBITRATION. Except as agreed by the...

Section 172.108. Language - Sec. 172.108. LANGUAGE. (a) The parties may agree on the...

Section 172.109. Statement of Claim or Defense - Sec. 172.109. STATEMENT OF CLAIM OR DEFENSE. (a) Within the...

Section 172.110. Supplement or Amendment to Statement - Sec. 172.110. SUPPLEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO STATEMENT. A party may...

Section 172.111. Hearings - Sec. 172.111. HEARINGS. (a) Except as agreed by the parties,...

Section 172.112. Hearing or Meeting in Camera - Sec. 172.112. HEARING OR MEETING IN CAMERA. Except as agreed...

Section 172.113. Written Information - Sec. 172.113. WRITTEN INFORMATION. (a) A statement, document, or other...

Section 172.114. Default of Party - Sec. 172.114. DEFAULT OF PARTY. (a) Except as agreed by...

Section 172.115. Award After Party Fails to Appear or Produce Evidence - Sec. 172.115. AWARD AFTER PARTY FAILS TO APPEAR OR PRODUCE...

Section 172.116. Appointed Expert - Sec. 172.116. APPOINTED EXPERT. (a) Except as agreed by the...

Section 172.117. Settlement - Sec. 172.117. SETTLEMENT. (a) An arbitration tribunal may: (1) encourage...

Section 172.118. Termination of Proceedings - Sec. 172.118. TERMINATION OF PROCEEDINGS. (a) An arbitration is terminated...

Subchapter F. Arbitration Award

Section 172.141. Form and Content of Arbitration Award - Sec. 172.141. FORM AND CONTENT OF ARBITRATION AWARD. (a) An...

Section 172.142. Delivery of Award - Sec. 172.142. DELIVERY OF AWARD. After the arbitration award is...

Section 172.143. Interim Award - Sec. 172.143. INTERIM AWARD. (a) The arbitration tribunal may, at...

Section 172.144. Interest - Sec. 172.144. INTEREST. Except as agreed by the parties, the...

Section 172.145. Costs - Sec. 172.145. COSTS. (a) Except as agreed by the parties,...

Section 172.146. Award on Agreed Terms - Sec. 172.146. AWARD ON AGREED TERMS. (a) The arbitration tribunal...

Section 172.147. Correction and Interpretation of Awards - Sec. 172.147. CORRECTION AND INTERPRETATION OF AWARDS. (a) Not later...

Section 172.148. Additional Award - Sec. 172.148. ADDITIONAL AWARD. (a) Except as agreed by the...

Section 172.149. Extension of Time - Sec. 172.149. EXTENSION OF TIME. The arbitration tribunal may, if...

Section 172.150. Applicable Law - Sec. 172.150. APPLICABLE LAW. Sections 172.141, 172.142, 172.144, and 172.145...

Subchapter G. Judicial Proceedings

Section 172.171. Role of Court - Sec. 172.171. ROLE OF COURT. A court may not intervene...

Section 172.172. Assistance in Taking Evidence - Sec. 172.172. ASSISTANCE IN TAKING EVIDENCE. The arbitration tribunal or...

Section 172.173. Consolidation - Sec. 172.173. CONSOLIDATION. (a) If the parties to two or...

Section 172.174. Stay of Court Proceedings - Sec. 172.174. STAY OF COURT PROCEEDINGS. (a) On request of...

Section 172.175. Interim Orders - Sec. 172.175. INTERIM ORDERS. (a) A party to an arbitration...

Subchapter H. Provisions Relating Only to Conciliation

Section 172.201. Policy - Sec. 172.201. POLICY. It is the policy of this state...

Section 172.202. Appointment of Conciliator - Sec. 172.202. APPOINTMENT OF CONCILIATOR. The parties to an agreement...

Section 172.203. Conduct of Conciliation - Sec. 172.203. CONDUCT OF CONCILIATION. (a) A conciliator: (1) shall...

Section 172.204. Representation and Assistance - Sec. 172.204. REPRESENTATION AND ASSISTANCE. In a conciliation proceeding, each...

Section 172.205. Draft Conciliation Settlement - Sec. 172.205. DRAFT CONCILIATION SETTLEMENT. (a) At any time during...

Section 172.206. Confidentiality - Sec. 172.206. CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Evidence of anything said or of...

Section 172.207. Stay of Arbitration and Resort to Other Proceedings - Sec. 172.207. STAY OF ARBITRATION AND RESORT TO OTHER PROCEEDINGS....

Section 172.208. Termination of Conciliation - Sec. 172.208. TERMINATION OF CONCILIATION. (a) A conciliation proceeding may...

Section 172.209. Conflict of Interest - Sec. 172.209. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Except as provided by rules...

Section 172.210. Participation Not Waiver of Rights - Sec. 172.210. PARTICIPATION NOT WAIVER OF RIGHTS. (a) A party...

Section 172.211. Enforceability - Sec. 172.211. ENFORCEABILITY. A conciliation agreement has the same force...

Section 172.212. Costs - Sec. 172.212. COSTS. (a) On termination of the conciliation proceedings,...

Section 172.213. No Consent to Jurisdiction - Sec. 172.213. NO CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. A request for conciliation,...

Section 172.214. Not Subject to Service of Process - Sec. 172.214. NOT SUBJECT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS. A conciliator,...

Section 172.215. Conciliator Immune - Sec. 172.215. CONCILIATOR IMMUNE. A conciliator is not liable in...

Chapter 173 - Arbitration of Controversies Between Members of Certain Nonprofit Entities

Section 173.001. Purpose - Sec. 173.001. PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to...

Section 173.002. Scope of Chapter - Sec. 173.002. SCOPE OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to...

Section 173.003. Agreement or Bylaw Provision Valid - Sec. 173.003. AGREEMENT OR BYLAW PROVISION VALID. (a) A written...

Section 173.004. Common Law Preserved - Sec. 173.004. COMMON LAW PRESERVED. This chapter is cumulative of...

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Texas Statutes Civil Practice and Remedies Code Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution

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Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution