ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS VALID
Applied in 77 court decisions — leading case EZ Pawn Corp. v. Mancias (1996)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of: Jon Amberson (November 2022)
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 1593, ch. 689, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A written agreement to arbitrate is valid and enforceable if the agreement is to arbitrate a controversy that:
(1) exists at the time of the agreement; or
(2) arises between the parties after the date of the agreement.
(b) A party may revoke the agreement only on a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.