Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1281 : CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE — OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE — ARBITRATION — ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS — Generally TEXT PDF A written agreement to submit to arbitration an existing controversy or a controversy thereafter arising is valid, enforceable and irrevocable, save upon such grounds as exist for the revocation of any contract. Ca. Civ. Proc. Code § 1281 Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 461.