(a) A party to the action under Section 36.202 may appeal to an appellate court that has jurisdiction, and the appeal is at once returnable to that court.
(b) An appeal under this section has precedence in the appellate court over any cause of a different character pending in the court.

Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 36.205

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(c) The commissioner is not required to give an appeal bond in an appeal arising under this subchapter.

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