Any party to an arbitration in which an award has been made may petition the court to confirm, correct or vacate the award. The petition shall name as respondents all parties to the arbitration and may name as respondents any other persons bound by the arbitration award.
§ 1285.Petition to Confirm, Correct Or Vacate 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 lets any party to a completed arbitration petition the court to confirm, correct, or vacate the award, and requires the petition to name every party to the arbitration as a respondent along with anyone else the award binds.
Full Text of § 1285
Plain-English Summary
This section opens the chapter that governs what happens after an arbitration award is made. Any party to the arbitration -- not just the side that won -- can petition the court, and the petition can seek any of three outcomes: confirming the award, correcting it, or vacating it outright. Which remedy makes sense depends entirely on what happened during the arbitration and what the petitioner is trying to accomplish.
The petition has to name every party to the arbitration as a respondent, so everyone with a stake in the outcome gets notice and a chance to be heard before the award becomes a judgment or gets altered. The petitioner can go further and also name any other person the award binds, even if that person was not formally a party to the arbitration itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who can file a petition under this chapter?
Any party to the arbitration in which the award was made.
What three outcomes can a petition ask the court for?
Confirmation, correction, or vacation of the award.
Who must be named as a respondent in the petition?
All parties to the arbitration; the petitioner may also name any other person bound by the award.
Amendment History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 461.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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