A petition to correct or vacate an award, or a response requesting such relief, shall set forth the grounds on which the request for such relief is based.
§ 1285.8.Petition Or Response to Set Forth Grounds For Correcting of Vacating Award
Title 9. Arbitration · Chapter 4. Enforcement of the Award · Article 1. Confirmation, Correction or Vacation of the Award · Enacted 1961 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1285.8 requires any petition or response seeking to correct or vacate an arbitration award to state the specific grounds on which that request is based.
Full Text of § 1285.8
Plain-English Summary
Wanting an award corrected or vacated is not enough -- this short section requires the petition or response to say why. It has to set forth the grounds on which the request for that relief is based, tying the request directly to the specific statutory grounds listed elsewhere in this chapter: the vacation grounds in Section 1286.2, or the correction grounds in Section 1286.6. A bare request without stated grounds does not satisfy this requirement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it enough to just ask the court to vacate or correct an award without explaining why?
No -- the petition or response must set forth the specific grounds the request relies on.
Where do those grounds come from?
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 461.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 29, 2026.
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Also known as: grounds for vacating arbitration award pleadingstate grounds correct arbitration award