§ 172.142.Delivery of Award

One sentence, and it starts every clock that follows.

A signed copy goes to each party. Not a summary and not an unsigned draft.

Delivery follows the making of the award. The award exists when made; delivery is what puts it in the parties’ hands.

Receipt starts the correction period. Section 172.147 gives a party 30 days from receipt of the award to request correction or interpretation.

It starts the additional-award period too. Section 172.148 uses the same 30 days from receipt.

Receipt is defined by Section 172.005, so the delivery rules and the last-known-address fallback apply.

Finality depends on the same dates. Section 172.118(a) makes the award final on expiration of the applicable period under Section 172.147.

Court deadlines run from delivery as well. Chapter 171’s Subchapter D, preserved by Section 172.001(d), measures its 90-day vacatur and modification periods from delivery of a copy of the award.

A signed copy is what a party takes to court, whether to confirm the award here or to seek enforcement elsewhere.

Delivery is not a formality. A party who never receives the award cannot ask for a correction, seek an additional award, or move to vacate within the periods the law allows.

Each party gets its own signed copy. The section does not contemplate one copy sent to counsel for both sides.

Institutions usually handle transmission where one administers the arbitration, and Section 172.033 makes their rules part of the agreement.

Keeping proof of the delivery date is the practical lesson, because every post-award deadline is counted from it.