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Code of Civil Procedure § 1141.12

CHAPTER 2.5. Judicial Arbitration

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1141.12Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2004.

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 amount in controversy, upon stipulation of the parties.

(b) Upon filing of an election by the plaintiff, any cause in which the plaintiff agrees that the arbitration award shall not exceed the amount in controversy as specified in Section 1141.11.