{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-172.061","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.061","heading":"FAILURE OR IMPOSSIBILITY TO ACT.","body":"(a) The mandate of an arbitrator terminates if the arbitrator:\n(1) is unable to perform the arbitrator's functions or for another reason fails to act without undue delay; and\n(2) withdraws from office or each party agrees to the termination.\n(b) If there is a controversy concerning the termination of the arbitrator's mandate under Subsection (a), a party may request the district court or the division of the business court of the county in which the place of arbitration is located to decide the termination. The decision of the court is not subject to appeal.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 7. ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION","CHAPTER 172. ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTES","SUBCHAPTER C. ARBITRATORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.172.htm#172.061","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"13d609bbb3397508d450ee4bf64c781d62f3749f8f5d3f051257360a11bfed8d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-172.060","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-172.062"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}