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PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE 1063-1822.60›TITLE 9.3. ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTES 1297.11-1297.432›CHAPTER 5. Manner and Conduct of Arbitration 1297.181-1297.273›ARTICLE 8. Default of a Party 1297.251-1297.253

§ 1297.253

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, where, without showing sufficient cause, a party fails to appear at an oral hearing or to produce documentary evidence, the arbitral tribunal may continue with the proceedings and make the arbitral award on the evidence before it.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 23, Sec. 1. Effective March 7, 1988.)

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