§ 25-2612.Confirmation of award.

Article 26: Uniform Arbitration Act · Last amended 1987 · Last verified July 22, 2026

In one sentenceThis section requires a court to confirm an arbitration award within sixty days of a party’s application unless someone has timely raised grounds to vacate, modify, or correct it, in which case the court handles those grounds under sections 25-2613 and 25-2614 instead.

Full Text of § 25-2612

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Within sixty days of the application of a party, the court shall confirm an award, unless within the time limits hereinafter imposed grounds are urged for vacating or modifying or correcting the award, in which case the court shall proceed as provided in sections 25-2613 and 25-2614.

Source

Laws 1987, LB 71, § 12.

Plain-English Summary

Section 25-2612 is the default path once an arbitration ends in an award: confirmation. Within sixty days of a party’s application, the court confirms the award. That confirmation is close to automatic — the section does not ask the court to second-guess the arbitrators’ reasoning or reweigh the evidence.

The only thing that displaces automatic confirmation is a timely challenge. If, within the time limits the act imposes, someone urges grounds for vacating the award or for modifying or correcting it, the court does not confirm outright; it proceeds instead under section 25-2613 for a vacatur challenge or section 25-2614 for a modification or correction request. Confirmation, in other words, is the rule, and vacatur or modification is the narrow exception a party has to raise and prove.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does a court have to confirm an arbitration award?

Sixty days from the application of a party, unless grounds for vacating, modifying, or correcting the award have been timely urged.

Does confirming an award mean the court reviews whether the arbitrators got it right?

No. Confirmation under this section is the default outcome absent a timely challenge; it is not an occasion for the court to re-examine the merits of the arbitrators’ decision.

What happens if I think the award should be thrown out?

You raise grounds for vacating it under section 25-2613, within that section’s time limits, and the court proceeds under that section instead of confirming it outright.

What if I just want a clerical error in the award fixed, not the whole award thrown out?

That is a modification or correction request under section 25-2614, which the court also handles instead of confirming the award as originally written.

Who has to ask the court to confirm the award?

A party applies to the court; the sixty-day confirmation clock runs from that application.

Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. · Official source

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