The court shall confirm an award upon application of a party made within one year after its delivery to them, unless the award is vacated or modified upon a ground specified in section seventy-five hundred eleven of this article.
§ 7510.Confirmation of award.
Article 75. Arbitration · Last amended 2023 · Last verified July 21, 2026
In one sentenceCPLR 7510 requires a New York court to confirm an arbitration award, and thereby make it enforceable as a judgment, whenever a party applies within one year of delivery, unless the court instead vacates or modifies the award under CPLR 7511.
Full Text of CPLR 7510
Plain-English Summary
Confirmation is what turns an arbitrator's decision into something the sheriff can enforce. CPLR 7510 requires the court to confirm an award once a party applies for it, so long as the application comes within one year after the award was delivered. This isn't a discretionary favor — the word is “shall.” The only way a court avoids confirming is if it instead vacates or modifies the award on one of the specific grounds CPLR 7511 sets out.
That one-year deadline runs from delivery of the award, not from any later event, and it gives the winning party a long runway to seek confirmation while still drawing a firm outside limit. A party doesn't have to rush to court the moment an award comes in; the same one year that lets a winner confirm also gives a losing party room to raise a defense to confirmation, including the same grounds for vacatur or modification found in CPLR 7511, even where a separate motion to vacate would itself be too late.
Once a court grants confirmation, CPLR 7514 takes over: a judgment is entered on the award, giving it the same force as any other court judgment in New York, including the ability to enforce it through the usual collection tools.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I confirm an arbitration award in New York?
File an application to confirm under CPLR 7510 within one year after the award was delivered to you; if there's no ground to vacate or modify it under CPLR 7511, the court must confirm it.
How long do I have to confirm an arbitration award in New York?
One year from the date the award was delivered to the party seeking confirmation.
Is confirming an arbitration award discretionary for the court?
No. CPLR 7510 says the court “shall confirm” the award once a timely application is made, unless the award is vacated or modified on a ground under CPLR 7511.
What happens after a New York court confirms an arbitration award?
Under CPLR 7514, a judgment is entered on the confirmed award, giving it the same enforceability as any other money judgment.
Can I fight confirmation of an award without filing a separate motion to vacate?
Yes. A party opposing confirmation can raise the same grounds available under CPLR 7511, even if a standalone motion to vacate would by then be untimely.
What if I miss the one-year deadline to confirm an arbitration award?
CPLR 7510 conditions the court's duty to confirm on an application made within that one year, so missing the deadline can leave the award without the court's built-in path to a judgment.
Does CPLR 7510 apply to public-sector arbitration awards?
Public-sector awards between a public employer and its employee instead follow CPLR 7510-a, which sets its own one-year confirmation window alongside a ninety-day period to seek vacatur or modification.
Advisory Committee Notes
This section is substantially the same as CPA §§ 1461 and 1463. It retains the former provision that the grounds for vacating or modifying an award may be urged in opposition to a motion to confirm although a motion based on such grounds is not then timely. Thus, a party is not compelled to move to vacate an award but may assert the alleged invalidity when the opposing party seeks to confirm the award. Cf. § 203(c) (if a defense or counterclaim arises from the same transaction as the adversary’s claim, it may be interposed to the extent of that claim notwithstanding that it could not be maintained at the time of the commencement of the action). The application to confirm, vacate or modify the award is interrelated and is therefore integrated under this article. If application to vacate or to modify an award is denied, the subsequent order will confirm it. Similarly, an order modifying an award will confirm it as modified without another application. See § 7511(c). See also Pirsig, Toward a Uniform Arbitration Act, 9 Arb J (ns) 115, 117 (1954). Although judgment may not be entered directly upon an award that has not been confirmed, it may be enforced even after the time to confirm has expired by bringing an action on it unless the parties have agreed otherwise. See 21 Carmody-Wait, Cyclopedia of New York Practice 584–87 (1956). Yet, because of the expeditious summary judgment provided by rule 3212, the latter manner of enforcement is no more burdensome than by confirmation. In order to avoid the anomaly, the limitation applicable to bringing an action has been shortened to one year. See § 215(5). Arbitration is urged as a quick method of disposing of disputes. There is no reason to permit suits on awards to be brought years after the award was made.
Amendment History
Add, L 1962, ch 308, eff Sept 1, 1963; L 2023, ch 679, § 1, effective November 21, 2023.
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Committee Notes are reproduced verbatim from the Consolidated Laws of New York.
Last verified July 21, 2026.
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