Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 171.097 · Subchapter D. COURT PROCEEDINGS
TRANSFER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On application of a party adverse to the party who filed the initial application, a court that has jurisdiction but that is not a court described by Section 171.096 shall transfer the application to a court described by that section.
(b) The court shall transfer the application by an order comparable to an order sustaining a plea of privilege to be sued in a civil action in a district court or a division of the business court of a county other than the county in which an action is filed.
(c) The party must file the application under this section:
(1) not later than the 20th day after the date of service of process on the adverse party; and
(2) before any other appearance in the court by that adverse party, other than an appearance to challenge the jurisdiction of the court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2025.
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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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