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Petition to confirm an arbitration award in California
Posted on December 20, 2012 by Stan Burman
A petition to confirm an arbitration award in California is the topic of this blog post. Many agreements and contracts now include an arbitration provision providing that all disputes, or in some cases certain specified disputes, shall be sent to arbitration.
The primary purpose of arbitration is to provide a speedy and relatively inexpensive means of dispute resolution which accounts for its growing popularity.
However, unless an arbitration award has been confirmed by a California Court, collecting or otherwise enforcing the arbitration award against the other party is difficult, if not impossible although some but not all escrow companies in California will accept a valid arbitration award and disburse the funds accordingly.
A party to an arbitration in which an award has been made may petition the court to confirm the award. See Code of Civil Procedure §1285.
Any award confirmed by a California Court is considered the same as, and may be enforced in the same manner as, any other judgment entered by a California Court. See Code of Civil Procedure §1287.4.
A party seeking to confirm an award must file a petition not later than four years after the date of service of a signed copy of the award on petitioner. See Code of Civil Procedure §1288; see also Weinberg v. SafeCo Ins. Co. of America (2004) 114 Cal. App. 4th 1075, 1083-1084.
If a petition or response under Code of Civil Procedure §§1285 through 1287.6 is duly served and filed after an award has been rendered, the court shall confirm the award as made, unless, in accordance with those statues, it corrects the award and confirms it as corrected, vacates the award, or dismisses the proceeding. See Code of Civil Procedure §1286..
Every presumption is in favor of the validity of arbitration award. The party claiming invalidity has the burden of supporting that claim with evidence. See United Brotherhood of Carpenters Etc., v. De Mello (1973) 22 Cal. App. 3d 838, 840.
And the party against whom the arbitration award was entered is barred from filing any petition to vacate the arbitration award unless a petition is filed within 100 calendar days after service of a signed copy of the award on the petitioner. See Code of Civil Procedure § 1288, see also Weinberg v. SafeCo Ins. Co. of America (2004) 114 Cal. App. 4th 1075, 1083-1084.
Thus any party seeking to confirm an arbitration award should wait until at least 101 calendar days after service of a signed copy of the award on the petitioner before filing any petition to confirm an arbitration award.
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