D.C. Code § 16-4406 : JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE — PARTICULAR ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND MATTERS — ARBITRATION; REVISED UNIFORM ACT —4406 - Validity of agreement to arbitrate

(a) An agreement contained in a record to submit to arbitration any existing or subsequent controversy arising between the parties to the agreement is valid, enforceable, and irrevocable except upon a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract.
(b) The court shall decide whether an agreement to arbitrate exists or a controversy is subject to an agreement to arbitrate.
(c) An arbitrator shall decide whether a condition precedent to arbitrability has been fulfilled and whether a contract containing a valid agreement to arbitrate is enforceable.
(d) If a party to a judicial proceeding challenges the existence of, or claims that a controversy is not subject to, an agreement to arbitrate, the arbitration proceeding may continue pending final resolution of the issue by the court, unless the court otherwise orders.

D.C. Code § 16-4406

Feb. 27, 2008, D.C. Law 17-111, § 2(b), 55 DCR 1847.

Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 6 of the Uniform Arbitration Act (2000).

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