Except as otherwise provided in this article, any petition made after the commencement or completion of arbitration shall be filed in a court having jurisdiction in the county where the arbitration is being or has been held, or, if not held exclusively in any one county of this state, or if held outside of this state, then the petition shall be filed as provided in Section 1292.
§ 1292.2.Place For Filing Petition Made After Commencement of Arbitration
Title 9. Arbitration · Chapter 5. General Provisions Relating to Judicial Proceedings · Article 2. Venue, Jurisdiction and Costs · Last amended 1994 · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1292.2 sets venue for a petition filed after arbitration has begun or ended in the county where the arbitration is or was held, falling back to Section 1292's rules if the arbitration wasn't held exclusively in one California county or was held outside the state.
Full Text of § 1292.2
Plain-English Summary
Once arbitration has started, the venue analysis shifts from where the agreement was made to where the arbitration takes place. This section governs any petition filed after arbitration has commenced or been completed: it belongs in the county where the arbitration is being held or was held.
That rule works cleanly when a single California county hosts the whole arbitration. It doesn't work as cleanly when the arbitration moves between counties, or takes place entirely outside California. For either of those situations, this section redirects back to Section 1292's performance-or-formation-based venue rules, the same ones that govern petitions filed before arbitration begins.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where should a petition be filed once arbitration is underway?
In the county where the arbitration is being held or, if it has concluded, was held.
What if the arbitration wasn't held in just one California county?
Venue then falls back to the rules in Section 1292 governing petitions made prior to the commencement of arbitration.
What if the arbitration was held entirely outside California?
The same fallback applies: venue is determined under Section 1292 rather than by the location of the arbitration itself.
Amendment History
Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1261, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.
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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