Title 9: Arbitration | Chapter 2: Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements
California Code of Civil Procedure – 2026
§ 1281
A written agreement to submit to arbitration an existing controversy or a controversy thereafter arising is valid, enforceable and irrevocable, save u…
§ 1281.1
For the purposes of this article, any request to arbitrate made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1299.
§ 1281.12
If an arbitration agreement requires that arbitration of a controversy be demanded or initiated by a party to the arbitration agreement within a perio…
§ 1281.2
On petition of a party to an arbitration agreement alleging the existence of a written agreement to arbitrate a controversy and that a party to the ag…
§ 1281.3
A party to an arbitration agreement may petition the court to consolidate separate arbitration proceedings, and the court may order consolidation of s…
§ 1281.4
If a court of competent jurisdiction, whether in this State or not, has ordered arbitration of a controversy which is an issue involved in an action o…
§ 1281.5
(a) Any person who proceeds to record and enforce a claim of lien by commencement of an action pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 8400) of…
§ 1281.6
If the arbitration agreement provides a method of appointing an arbitrator, that method shall be followed.
§ 1281.7
A petition pursuant to Section 1281.2 may be filed in lieu of filing an answer to a complaint.
§ 1281.8
(a) As used in this section, “provisional remedy” includes the following: (1) Attachments and temporary protective orders issued pursuant to Title 6.5…
§ 1281.85
(a) Beginning July 1, 2002, a person serving as a neutral arbitrator pursuant to an arbitration agreement shall comply with the ethics standards for a…
§ 1281.9
(a) In any arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement, when a person is to serve as a neutral arbitrator, the proposed neutral arbitrator shall …
§ 1281.91
(a) A proposed neutral arbitrator shall be disqualified if he or she fails to comply with Section 1281.
§ 1281.92
(a) No private arbitration company may administer a consumer arbitration, or provide any other services related to a consumer arbitration, if the comp…
§ 1281.93
(a) During the pendency of the consumer arbitration, a solicitation shall not be made of a party to the arbitration or of a lawyer for a party to the …
§ 1281.95
(a) In a binding arbitration of any claim for more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) pursuant to a contract for the construction or improvement of …
§ 1281.96
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), a private arbitration company that administers or is otherwise involved in a consumer arbi…
§ 1281.97
(a) (1) In an employment or consumer arbitration that requires, either expressly or through application of state or federal law or the rules of the ar…
§ 1281.98
(a) (1) In an employment or consumer arbitration that requires, either expressly or through application of state or federal law or the rules of the ar…
§ 1281.99
(a) The court shall impose a monetary sanction against a drafting party that materially breaches an arbitration agreement pursuant to subdivision (a) …