California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 2 — Contracts, Title 4 — Unlawful Contracts, Section 1670
Any dispute arising from a construction contract with a public agency, which contract contains a provision that one party to the contract or one party’s agent or employee shall decide any disputes arising under that contract, shall be resolved by submitting the dispute to independent arbitration, if mutually agreeable, otherwise by litigation in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Notes
Requires disputes under public-agency construction contracts that give one contracting party, or that party’s agent or employee, authority to decide disputes to be resolved through independent arbitration if mutually agreeable. If arbitration is not mutually agreed, the dispute must proceed through litigation in a court with jurisdiction.
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