{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-9-29","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 9-9-29","heading":"Arbitration referrals.","body":"(a) A court before which a civil action is brought in a matter which is the subject of an arbitration agreement shall, if a party so requests not later than when submitting the party’s first statement on the substance of the dispute, refer the parties to arbitration unless it finds that the arbitration agreement is null and void, inoperative, or incapable of being performed.\n(b) Where an action referred to in subsection (a) of this Code section has been brought, arbitral proceedings may nevertheless be commenced or continued, and an arbitration award may be made, while the action is pending before the court.","path":["TITLE 9 Civil Practice","CHAPTER 9 Arbitration","Article 1 General Provisions","PART 2 International Commercial Arbitration Code"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.09.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"cd32e6bf3096d7f7f6adb82a21fbb8fb5a0882125a5d1cd0b96a30f3540834ed","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-9-28","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-9-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}