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This article also applies to arbitration agreements between employers and employees or between their respective representatives unless otherwise provided in the agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create any right to arbitration with respect to any controversy regarding the employment or terms and conditions of employment of any officer or employee of the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":279478,"text":"A written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration or a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising between the parties is valid, enforceable and irrevocable, except upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract. This article also applies to arbitration agreements between employers and employees or between their respective representatives unless otherwise provided in the agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create any right to arbitration with respect to any controversy regarding the employment or terms and conditions of employment of any officer or employee of the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14369,"edition_id":1,"name":"Uniform Arbitration Act","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14368,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:54","permalink":{"id":278829,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14369,"identifier":"2","token":"8.01\/21\/2","url":"\/8.01\/21\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14368,"edition_id":1,"name":"Arbitration and Award","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12747,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:54","permalink":{"id":278813,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14368,"identifier":"21","token":"8.01\/21","url":"\/8.01\/21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12747,"edition_id":1,"name":"Civil Remedies and Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":277029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12747,"identifier":"8.01","token":"8.01","url":"\/8.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":77939,"structure_id":14369,"section_number":"8.01-581.01","catch_line":"Validity of arbitration agreement","url":"\/8.01-581.01\/","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.01","metadata":false},{"id":74843,"structure_id":14369,"section_number":"8.01-581.010","catch_line":"Vacating an award","url":"\/8.01-581.010\/","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.010","metadata":false},{"id":68403,"structure_id":14369,"section_number":"8.01-581.011","catch_line":"Modification or correction of award","url":"\/8.01-581.011\/","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.011","metadata":false},{"id":63353,"structure_id":14369,"section_number":"8.01-581.012","catch_line":"Judgment or decree on award","url":"\/8.01-581.012\/","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.012","metadata":false},{"id":59986,"structure_id":14369,"section_number":"8.01-581.013","catch_line":"Applications to court","url":"\/8.01-581.013\/","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.013","metadata":false},{"id":81723,"structure_id":14369,"section_number":"8.01-581.014","catch_line":"Court; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 614 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69840,"section_number":"15.2-1248","catch_line":"No action against county until claim presented to governing body","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1248\/"},{"id":74656,"section_number":"38.2-3445.02","catch_line":"Arbitration","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3445.02\/"},{"id":56286,"section_number":"8.01-581.02","catch_line":"Proceedings to compel or stay arbitration","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-581.02\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278831,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77939,"identifier":"8.01-581.01","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.01","url":"\/8.01-581.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-581.01\/","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Validity of arbitration agreement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-581.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration or a provision in a written <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising between the parties is valid, enforceable and irrevocable, except upon such grounds as exist at <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or in <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span> for the <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>. 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This article also applies to arbitration agreements between employers\nand employees or between their respective representatives unless otherwise\nprovided in the agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall\nbe construed to create any right to arbitration with respect to any controversy\nregarding the employment or terms and conditions of employment of any officer or\nemployee of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 614.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}