{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-171.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.023","heading":"PROCEEDING TO STAY ARBITRATION.","body":"(a) A court may stay an arbitration commenced or threatened on application and a showing that there is not an agreement to arbitrate.\n(b) If there is a substantial bona fide dispute as to whether an agreement to arbitrate exists, the court shall try the issue promptly and summarily.\n(c) The court shall stay the arbitration if the court finds for the party moving for the stay. If the court finds for the party opposing the stay, the court shall order the parties to arbitrate.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4748, ch. 830, eff. Aug. 29, 1983. Redesignated from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 238-20, Sec. 4 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 588, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 7. ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION","CHAPTER 171. GENERAL ARBITRATION","SUBCHAPTER B. PROCEEDINGS TO COMPEL OR STAY ARBITRATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.171.htm#171.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"7a984115bb7eec1169226bf8ed2beb1c98add2e4670fe658ecdf2123fd71da54","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-171.022","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-171.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}