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General Arbitration Statutes in the United States

The following is a list of general arbitration statutes. All the statutes on the list, except those followed by a plus (+), are modern arbitration statutes which provide for the enforcement of agreements to arbitrate both existing controversies and any arising in the future. An asterisk (*) denotes adoption of the Uniform Arbitration Act.

You can link to statutes by state on the state statutes link page.

Federal Arbitration Act. 9 USC, Section 1 et seq., as amended, 68 Stat 1233; Public Law No. 91-368, 84 Stat 692, enacting 9 USC Section 201 et seq. [Chapter 2 added July 31, 1970 (84 Stat. 692); Chap. 3 added Aug. 15, 1990 (104 Stat 448)].

This list was last updated: 8/96

State

Statutes

 

State

Statutes

 

Alabama

Ala. Code Section 6-6-1 et seq.+

 

Alaska

Alaska Stat. Section 09.43.010 et seq.*

 

Arizona

Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Section 12-1501 et seq.*

 

Arkansas

Ark. Stat. Ann. Section 16-108-101 et seq.*

 

California

Cal. Civ. Proc. Code Section 1280 et seq.

 

Colorado

Col. Rev. Stat. Section 13-22-201 et seq.*

 

Connecticut

Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. Section 52-408 et seq.

 

Delaware

Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, Section 5701 et seq.*

 

District of Columbia

D.C. Code Ann. Section 16-4301 et seq.*

 

Florida*

Fla. Stat. Ann. Section 682.01 et seq.

 

Georgia

Ga. Code Section 9-9-1 et seq.

 

Hawaii

Haw. Rev. Stat. Section 658-1 et seq.

 

Idaho

Idaho Code Section 7-901 et seq.*

 

Illinois

710 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/1 et seq. (formerly Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 10, Section 101 et seq.)*

 

Indiana 

Ind. Code Ann. Section 34-4-2-1 et seq.*

 

Iowa

Iowa Code Section 679A.1 et seq.*

 

Kansas 

Kan. Stat. Ann. Section 5-401 et seq.* 

 

Kentucky

Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. Section 417.045 et seq.*

 

Louisiana

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. Section 9:4201 et seq.

 

Maine

Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, Section 5927 et seq.*

 

Maryland

Md. Cts. & Jud. Proc. Code Ann. Section 3-201 et seq.*

 

 Massachusetts

Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 251, Section 1 et seq.*

 

Michigan

Mich. Stat. Ann. Section 27A.5001 et seq., Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5001 et seq.*

 

Minnesota

Minn. Stat. Ann. Section 572.08 et seq.*

 

Mississippi

Miss. Code Ann. Section 11-15-1 et seq.+

 

Missouri

Mo. Ann. Stat. Section 435.350 et seq.*

 

Montana

Mont. Code Ann. Section 27-5-111 et seq.*

 

Nebraska

Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 25-2601 et seq.*

 

Nevada

Nev. Rev. Stat. Section 38.015 et seq.*

 

New Hampshire

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. Section 542:1 et seq.

 

New Jersey

N.J. Stat. Ann. Section 2A:24-1 et seq.

 

New Mexico

N.M. Stat. Ann. Section 44-7-1 et seq.*

 

New York

N.Y. Civ. Prac. Law Section 7501 et seq.

 

North Carolina

N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 1-567.1 et seq.*

 

North Dakota

N.D. Cent. Code Section 32-29.2-01 et seq.*

 

Ohio

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. Section 2711.01 et seq.

 

Oklahoma

Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 15, Section 801 et seq.*

 

Oregon

Or. Rev. Stat. Section 36.300 et seq.

 

Pennsylvania

Pa. Stat. Ann. tit. 42, Section 7301 et seq.*

 

Puerto Rico

P.R. Laws Ann., tit. 32 Section 3201 et seq.

 

Rhode Island

R.I. Gen. Laws Section 10-3-1 et seq.

 

South Carolina

S.C. Code Ann. Section 15-48-10 et seq.*

 

South Dakota

S.D. Codified Laws Ann. Section 21-25A-1 et seq.*

 

Tennessee

Tenn. Code Ann. Section 29-5-301 et seq.*

 

Texas

Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 224 et seq.*

 

Utah

Utah Code Ann. Section 78-31a-1 et seq.*

 

Vermont

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, Section 5651 et seq.*

 

Virginia

Va. Code Section 8.01-577 et seq.*

 

Washington

Wash. Rev. Code Ann. Section 7.04.010 et seq.

 

West Virginia

W. Va. Code Section 55-10-1 et seq.+

 

Wisconsin

Wis. Stat. Ann. Section 788.01 et seq.

 

Wyoming

Wyo. Stat. Section 1-36-101 et seq.*