{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-1297.71","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 1297.71","heading":"","body":"An “arbitration agreement” is an agreement by the parties to submit to arbitration all or certain disputes which have arisen or which may arise between them in respect of a defined legal relationship, whether contractual or not. An arbitration agreement may be in the form of an arbitration clause in a contract or in the form of a separate agreement.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE [1063. - 1822.60.]","TITLE 9.3. ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTES [1297.11. - 1297.432.]","CHAPTER 2. Arbitration Agreements and Judicial Measures in Aid of Arbitration [1297.71. - 1297.95.]","ARTICLE 1. Definition and Form of Arbitration Agreements [1297.71. - 1297.73.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"1bf0f31bb2ad005781aac64d372f90791ab2a3895483c947b04b45d7d2dd0954","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-1297.61","next":"us-ca/ccp-1297.72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}