{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4409","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-4409","heading":"Initiation of arbitration.","body":"(a)\nA person initiates an arbitration proceeding by giving notice in a record to the other parties to the agreement to arbitrate by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and obtained, or by service as authorized for the commencement of a civil action. The notice shall describe the nature of the controversy and the remedy sought.\n\n(b)\nUnless a person objects for lack or insufficiency of notice under § 16-4415(c) not later than the beginning of the arbitration hearing, the person, by appearing at the hearing, waives any objection to lack of or insufficiency of notice.","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/16-4409","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"18eb3dc01b9fc9609d05e29525890e803583ce2cfd673d853484b46066157d80","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4408","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4410"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}