Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.827 · Chapter 2. Judicial Arbitration
Entry of award as judgment
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Entry of award as judgment by clerk
The clerk must enter the award as a judgment immediately upon the expiration of 60 days after the award is filed if no party has, during that period, served and filed either:
(1) A request for trial as provided in these rules; or
(2) A Request for Dismissal (form CIV-110) of the entire case or as to all parties to the arbitration. The Request for Dismissal must be fully completed. If the request is for dismissal of the entire case, it must include the signatures of all parties. If the request is for dismissal as to all parties to the arbitration, it must include the signatures of all those parties.
(b) Notice of entry of judgment
Promptly upon entry of the award as a judgment, the clerk must serve notice of entry of judgment on all parties who have appeared in the case and must execute a certificate of service and place it in the court's file in the case.
(c) Effect of judgment
The judgment so entered has the same force and effect in all respects as, and is subject to all provisions of law relating to, a judgment in a civil case or proceeding, except that it is not subject to appeal and it may not be attacked or set aside except as provided in rule 3.828. The judgment so entered may be enforced as if it had been rendered by the court in which it is entered.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2013; previously amended effective January 1, 2012.)
(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2016.)
Rule 3.827 amended effective January 1, 2016; adopted effective January 1, 2007; previously amended effective January 1, 2012, and January 1, 2013.
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- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_827
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