Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 171.041 · Subchapter C. ARBITRATION
APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The method of appointment of arbitrators is as specified in the agreement to arbitrate.
(b) The court, on application of a party stating the nature of the issues to be arbitrated and the qualifications of the proposed arbitrators, shall appoint one or more qualified arbitrators if:
(1) the agreement to arbitrate does not specify a method of appointment;
(2) the agreed method fails or cannot be followed; or
(3) an appointed arbitrator fails or is unable to act and a successor has not been appointed.
(c) An arbitrator appointed under Subsection (b) has the powers of an arbitrator named in the agreement to arbitrate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.171.htm
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