2015 US Code
Title 9 - Arbitration (Sections 1 - 307)
Chapter 1 - General Provisions (Sections 1 - 16)
Sec. 2 - Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 9 - ARBITRATION
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 9 - ARBITRATION
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2 - Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate
Containssection 2
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditJuly 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670.
Statutes at Large References43 Stat. 883
61 Stat. 670

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9 U.S.C. § 2 (2015)
§2. Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

A written provision in any maritime transaction or a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce to settle by arbitration a controversy thereafter arising out of such contract or transaction, or the refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, or an agreement in writing to submit to arbitration an existing controversy arising out of such a contract, transaction, or refusal, shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.

(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670.)

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Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, §2, 43 Stat. 883.

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