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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 2. Arbitration Agreements and Judicial Measures in Aid of Arbitration 1297.71-1297.95›ARTICLE 1. Definition and Form of Arbitration Agreements 1297.71-1297.73

§ 1297.71

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

An “arbitration agreement” is an agreement by the parties to submit to arbitration all or certain disputes which have arisen or which may arise between them in respect of a defined legal relationship, whether contractual or not. An arbitration agreement may be in the form of an arbitration clause in a contract or in the form of a separate agreement.

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

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