Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE [1063 - 1822.60]
( Part 3 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 3. OF SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS [1132 - 1179.15]
( Title 3 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 2.5. Judicial Arbitration [1141.10 - 1141.31]
( Chapter 2.5 repealed and added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 743. ) 1141.12.
In all superior courts, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for a uniform system of arbitration of the following causes:
(a) Any cause, regardless of the amount in controversy, upon stipulation of the parties.
(b) Upon filing of an election by the plaintiff, any cause in which the plaintiff agrees that the arbitration award shall not exceed the amount in controversy as specified in Section 1141.11.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2004.)