The arbitral award shall state its date and the place of arbitration as determined in accordance with Article 3 (commencing with Section 1297.201) of Chapter 5 and the award shall be deemed to have been made at that place.
§ 1297.314.Award to State Date and Place of Arbitration
Title 9.3. Arbitration and Conciliation of International Commercial Disputes · Chapter 6. Making of Arbitral Award and Termination of Proceedings · Article 4. Form and Content of Arbitral Award · Enacted 1988 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1297.314 requires the arbitral award to state its date and the place of arbitration set under Article 3 of Chapter 5, and deems the award to have been made at that place regardless of where it was signed.
Full Text of § 1297.314
Plain-English Summary
An award needs a time and a location on its face, and this section supplies both requirements. The award must state its date, and it must state the place of arbitration as that place was determined under Article 3 of Chapter 5 -- the article that lets the parties agree on where the arbitration is seated, or otherwise fixes that location.
The section then adds a legal fiction that matters more than it might first appear: the award is deemed to have been made at that stated place, no matter where the arbitrators signed it or where they were physically located at the time. Since the seat of arbitration often determines which country's courts can review or set aside the award, this deemed-place rule keeps that jurisdictional anchor fixed and predictable, unaffected by the logistics of putting the award together.
Frequently Asked Questions
What information must an arbitral award include besides its reasons?
Its date and the place of arbitration as determined under Article 3 of Chapter 5.
Does it matter where the arbitrators physically signed the award?
No. The award is deemed to have been made at the stated place of arbitration regardless of where it was signed.
Why does the deemed place of the award matter?
Because the seat of arbitration often determines which courts have authority to review or set aside the award, so fixing that place predictably avoids disputes over where the award legally originated.
Who decides the place of arbitration in the first place?
Article 3 of Chapter 5, commencing with Section 1297.201, lets the parties agree on the place or otherwise determines it.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 23, Sec. 1. Effective March 7, 1988.
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: arbitral award date and place requirementdeemed place of arbitration award