California Code of Civil Procedure CHAPTER 2.5 - Judicial Arbitration

Section 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 cases is difficult,...
Section 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 amount...
Section 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, regardless of the...
Section 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...
Section 1141.14.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law except the provisions of this chapter, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for practice and procedure for all...
Section 1141.15.
The Judicial Council rules shall provide exceptions for cause to arbitration pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 1141.11. In providing for such...
Section 1141.16.
(a) The determination of the amount in controversy, under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1141.11, shall be made by the court and the case referred...
Section 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 1.5 (commencing with...
Section 1141.18.
(a) Arbitrators shall be retired judges, retired court commissioners who were licensed to practice law prior to their appointment as a commissioner, or members of the...
Section 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 Council.(Added by...
Section 1141.19.5.
In any arbitration proceeding under this chapter, no party may require the production of evidence specified in subdivision (a) of Section 3295 of the Civil...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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.(Added by...
Section 1141.23.
The arbitration award shall be in writing, signed by the arbitrator and filed in the court in which the action is pending. If there is...
Section 1141.24.
In cases ordered to arbitration pursuant to Section 1141.11, no discovery other than that permitted by Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 2034.010) of Title 4...
Section 1141.25.
Any reference to the arbitration proceedings or arbitration award during any subsequent trial shall constitute an irregularity in the proceedings of the trial for the...
Section 1141.26.
Nothing in this act shall prohibit an arbitration award in excess of the amount in controversy as specified in Section 1141.11. No party electing a...
Section 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...
Section 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 incurred, except as...
Section 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...
Section 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 and procedures...

Last modified: October 22, 2018