{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-172.207","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.207","heading":"STAY OF ARBITRATION AND RESORT TO OTHER PROCEEDINGS.","body":"(a) The agreement of the parties to submit a dispute to conciliation is an agreement of the parties to stay a judicial proceeding or arbitration from the beginning of conciliation until the termination of conciliation.\n(b) Each applicable limitation period, including a period of prescription, is tolled or extended on the beginning of a conciliation under this chapter for each party to the conciliation until the 10th day following the date of termination of the conciliation.\n(c) For purposes of this section, conciliation begins when a party requests conciliation of a dispute and each other party agrees to participate in the conciliation.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 109, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Redesignated from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 249-24 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 588, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 7. ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION","CHAPTER 172. ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTES","SUBCHAPTER H. PROVISIONS RELATING ONLY TO CONCILIATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.172.htm#172.207","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"17c19e4fc27065d79cbe1c69d0c640e2cd2d383d21b108727211f3d984b675d1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-172.206","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-172.208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}