Chapter 38B: Uniform Arbitration Act · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceLists six kinds of orders and judgments a party may appeal under Oklahoma's arbitration act -- denying a motion to compel, granting a stay, ruling on confirmation, modifying or correcting an award, vacating without a rehearing, or a final judgment -- and treats the appeal like any civil appeal.
5.An order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or
6.A final judgment entered pursuant to the Uniform Arbitration Act.
B.An appeal under this section shall be taken as from an order or a judgment in a civil action.
Amendment History
Added by Laws 2005, SB 873, c. 364, §29, eff. 1/1/2006.
Plain-English Summary
Section 1879 tells parties when they can go to the Oklahoma appellate courts over an arbitration ruling. An appeal may be taken from an order denying a motion to compel arbitration; an order granting a motion to stay arbitration; an order confirming or denying confirmation of an award; an order modifying or correcting an award; an order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or a final judgment entered under the Act.
Subsection B keeps the appellate procedure simple: an appeal under this section is taken exactly as an appeal from an order or judgment in an ordinary civil action, without any special arbitration-specific appellate rules to navigate.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you appeal an order denying a motion to compel arbitration in Oklahoma?
Yes. Section 1879(A)(1) lists that among the orders a party may appeal.
Can you appeal a court's decision to confirm or refuse to confirm an arbitration award?
Yes, an order confirming or denying confirmation of an award is appealable under Section 1879(A)(3).
What if the court vacates the award and orders a rehearing -- can I appeal that right away?
The statute lists an order vacating an award "without directing a rehearing" as appealable; it doesn't list a vacatur that sends the case back for a rehearing among the appealable orders.
Does an arbitration appeal follow special rules, or the normal civil appeal process?
The normal process. Subsection B says the appeal is taken as from an order or judgment in a civil action.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
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