{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4406","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-4406","heading":"Validity of agreement to arbitrate.","body":"(a)\nAn agreement contained in a record to submit to arbitration any existing or subsequent controversy arising between the parties to the agreement is valid, enforceable, and irrevocable except upon a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract.\n\n(b)\nThe court shall decide whether an agreement to arbitrate exists or a controversy is subject to an agreement to arbitrate.\n\n(c)\nAn arbitrator shall decide whether a condition precedent to arbitrability has been fulfilled and whether a contract containing a valid agreement to arbitrate is enforceable.\n\n(d)\nIf a party to a judicial proceeding challenges the existence of, or claims that a controversy is not subject to, an agreement to arbitrate, the arbitration proceeding may continue pending final resolution of the issue by the court, unless the court otherwise orders.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 44. Arbitration; Revised Uniform Act."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-4406","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"43a683ab2c7c2d4c98a699c7b398aff6525fbaefe11de86074c35365988ed2a5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4405","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4407"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}