Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.097
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.097, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 171.097. TRANSFER.
Official statutory text
(a) On application of a party adverse to the party who filed the initial application, a court that has jurisdiction but that is not a court described by Section 171.096 shall transfer the application to a court described by that section.
(b) The court shall transfer the application by an order comparable to an order sustaining a plea of privilege to be sued in a civil action in a district court or a division of the business court of a county other than the county in which an action is filed.
(c) The party must file the application under this section:
(1) not later than the 20th day after the date of service of process on the adverse party; and
(2) before any other appearance in the court by that adverse party, other than an appearance to challenge the jurisdiction of the court.
(b) The court shall transfer the application by an order comparable to an order sustaining a plea of privilege to be sued in a civil action in a district court or a division of the business court of a county other than the county in which an action is filed.
(c) The party must file the application under this section:
(1) not later than the 20th day after the date of service of process on the adverse party; and
(2) before any other appearance in the court by that adverse party, other than an appearance to challenge the jurisdiction of the court.
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