Sections
22 entriesSection 1141.10Establishes legislative findings that small civil cases can be costly and delayed and that arbitration can efficiently and equitably resolve them, together…Section 1141.11Requires unlimited civil cases in courts with at least 18 judges to arbitrate when each plaintiff’s amount is at most $50,000; smaller…Section 1141.12Requires the Judicial Council to create by rule a uniform arbitration system in all superior courts for any cause submitted by party…Section 1141.13Exempts civil actions that include a prayer for equitable relief from the chapter, unless that prayer is frivolous or insubstantial. In that…Section 1141.14Requires the Judicial Council, notwithstanding other law except the chapter, to establish by rule the practice and procedure for all actions submitted…Section 1141.15Requires Judicial Council rules to provide exceptions, for cause, to arbitration under the specified subdivisions and to consider whether a civil action…Section 1141.16Requires the court to determine the amount in controversy after all named parties appear or default, based on total damages without considering…Section 1141.17Establishes that submitting an action to chapter arbitration generally does not stop the statutory case-time periods. Excludes from the five-year computation the…Section 1141.18Requires arbitrators generally to be specified retired judicial officers or State Bar members, with nonattorneys allowed by all-party stipulation, and requires individual…Section 1141.19Allows arbitrators approved under the chapter to exercise the powers necessary to perform their duties under the chapter as prescribed by the…Section 1141.19.5Prohibits any party in chapter arbitration from requiring production at arbitration of the evidence specified in the referenced Civil Code subdivision unless…Section 1141.20Sets an arbitration award as final unless a request for de novo trial or Judicial Council-form dismissal is filed within 60 days…Section 1141.21Requires a party electing a trial de novo who does not obtain a more favorable judgment than the arbitration award to pay…Section 1141.22Requires Judicial Council rules to specify the grounds on which an arbitrator, the court, or both may correct, modify, or vacate an…Section 1141.23Requires an arbitration award to be written, signed, and filed in the pending court and, absent timely de novo or dismissal request…Section 1141.24Prohibits discovery after an arbitration award in cases ordered to arbitration under the referenced provision, except discovery permitted by the specified expert-witness…Section 1141.25Establishes that any reference during a later trial to the prior arbitration proceeding or arbitration award constitutes an irregularity in the trial…Section 1141.26Allows an arbitration award to exceed the amount in controversy specified by the referenced section. Exempts a party who elects a de…Section 1141.27Establishes that the chapter applies to any civil action otherwise within the chapter’s scope when a party to the action is a…Section 1141.28Requires the court generally to pay arbitration administrative costs, including arbitrator compensation, subject to stated exceptions. For cases arbitrated solely by party…Section 1141.30Limits the chapter so it cannot be construed to derogate from the separately referenced arbitration title. To that extent, the chapter and…Section 1141.31Sets the arbitration chapter to become operative on July 1, 1979. Requires the Judicial Council to adopt the governing arbitration practice and…