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