{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-171.094","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.094","heading":"SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR INITIAL APPLICATION.","body":"(a) On the filing of an initial application under this subchapter, the clerk of the court shall:\n(1) issue process for service on each adverse party named in the application; and\n(2) attach a copy of the application to the process.\n(b) To the extent applicable, the process and service and the return of service must be in the form and include the substance required for process and service on a defendant in a civil action in a district court or the business court, as applicable.\n(c) An authorized official may effect the service of process.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 7. ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION","CHAPTER 171. GENERAL ARBITRATION","SUBCHAPTER D. COURT PROCEEDINGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.171.htm#171.094","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"00fe8c283bf0505d2d1e93db999d3598cc8782301c927a7affcbeadd6648d11e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-171.093","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-171.095"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}