Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-6-16 (2026)
Common-Law Arbitration Not Precluded.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Nothing contained in this division shall prevent any person or persons from settling any matters of controversy by a reference to arbitration at common law.
(Code 1852, §2722; Code 1867, §2161; Code 1876, §3548; Code 1886, §3234; Code 1896, §523; Code 1907, §2923; Code 1923, §6171; Code 1940, T. 7, §844.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1988–2017 · leading case: Honea v. Raymond James Fin. Servs., Inc., 240 So. 3d 550 (Ala. 2017).
Honea v. Raymond James Fin. Servs., Inc., 240 So. 3d 550 (Ala. 2017). “To the contrary, Ala. Code 1975, § 6-6-16, provides that "[n]othing contained in this division shall prevent any person or persons from settling any matters of controversy by a reference to arbitration at common law.”
Alafabco, Inc. v. Citizens Bank, 872 So. 2d 798 (Ala. 2002). “Under Ala.Code 1975, § 6-6-16, the parties entered a binding contract to arbitrate an existing dispute.”
Bennett v. Meader, 545 A.2d 553 (Conn. 1988). “, Ala. Code § 6-6-16 (1975). The view that we express today also is consistent with accepted principles of statutory construction.”
Dunigan v. Sports Champions, Inc., 824 So. 2d 720 (Ala. 2001). “The matter before us is an effort to invoke the Alabama Arbitration Act, § 6-6-1 through § 6-6-16, Ala.Code 1975, as the vehicle for an appeal of a Canadian arbitration award.”
Birmingham News Co. v. Horn, 901 So. 2d 27 (Ala. 2004). “" See § 6-6-16. However, an arbitration under the FAA is neither an arbitration pursuant to Title 6, Chapter 6, nor an arbitration at common law.”
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