Title 3: OF SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS [1132 - 1179a] | Chapter 2.5: Judicial Arbitration
California Code of Civil Procedure – 2026
§ 1141.10
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that litigation involving small civil cases can be so costly and complex that efficiently resolving these civil…
§ 1141.11
(a) In each superior court with 18 or more judges, all nonexempt unlimited civil cases shall be submitted to arbitration under this chapter if the amo…
§ 1141.12
In all superior courts, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for a uniform system of arbitration of the following causes: (a) Any cause, regardl…
§ 1141.13
This chapter shall not apply to any civil action which includes a prayer for equitable relief, except that if the prayer for equitable relief is frivo…
§ 1141.14
Notwithstanding any other provision of law except the provisions of this chapter, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for practice and procedur…
§ 1141.15
The Judicial Council rules shall provide exceptions for cause to arbitration pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 1141.11.
§ 1141.16
(a) The determination of the amount in controversy, under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1141.
§ 1141.17
(a) Submission of an action to arbitration pursuant to this chapter shall not suspend the running of the time periods specified in Chapter 1.
§ 1141.18
(a) Arbitrators shall be retired judges, retired court commissioners who were licensed to practice law prior to their appointment as a commissioner, o…
§ 1141.19
Arbitrators approved pursuant to this chapter shall have the powers necessary to perform duties pursuant to this chapter as prescribed by the Judicial…
§ 1141.20
(a) An arbitration award shall be final unless a request for a de novo trial or a request for dismissal in the form required by the Judicial Council i…
§ 1141.21
(a) (1) If the judgment upon the trial de novo is not more favorable in either the amount of damages awarded or the type of relief granted for the par…
§ 1141.22
The Judicial Council rules shall specify the grounds upon which the arbitrator or the court, or both, may correct, modify or vacate an award.
§ 1141.23
The arbitration award shall be in writing, signed by the arbitrator and filed in the court in which the action is pending.
§ 1141.24
In cases ordered to arbitration pursuant to Section 1141.11, no discovery other than that permitted by Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 2034.
§ 1141.25
Any reference to the arbitration proceedings or arbitration award during any subsequent trial shall constitute an irregularity in the proceedings of t…
§ 1141.26
Nothing in this act shall prohibit an arbitration award in excess of the amount in controversy as specified in Section 1141.11.
§ 1141.27
This chapter shall apply to any civil action otherwise within the scope of this chapter in which a party to the action is a public agency or public en…
§ 1141.28
(a) All administrative costs of arbitration, including compensation of arbitrators, shall be paid for by the court in which the arbitration costs are …
§ 1141.30
This chapter shall not be construed in derogation of Title 9 (commencing with Section 1280) of Part 3, and, to that extent, this chapter and that titl…
§ 1141.31
The provisions of this chapter shall become operative July 1, 1979, except that the Judicial Council shall adopt the arbitration rules for practice an…