Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 6-6-2 (2026)

Reference of Controversy When No Action Pending to Arbitrators.

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When no action is pending, the parties to any controversy may refer the determination thereof to the decision of arbitrators to be chosen by themselves, and the award made pursuant to the provisions of this division must be entered up as the judgment of the proper court if the award is not performed.

(Code 1852, §2710; Code 1867, §3149; Code 1876, §3537; Code 1886, §3222; Code 1896, §509; Code 1907, §2909; Code 1923, §6157; Code 1940, T. 7, §830.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2008–2009 · leading case: Credigy Receivable, Inc. v. Day, 3 So. 3d 206 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008).

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Credigy Receivable, Inc. v. Day, 3 So. 3d 206 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). · cites it 52× “" "The relief sought within the pleading governs, and the nomenclature of the pleading is not controlling.”

Tuscaloosa Chevrolet, Inc. v. Guyton, 41 So. 3d 95 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). · cites it 30× “Credigy subsequently amended its complaint to replace its claim seeking recovery of the debt with a claim seeking the entry of a judgment on the arbitrator's award pursuant to §§ 6-6-2 and 6-6-12. Because Day denied that he had ever had an MBNA credit card, the circuit court…”

Jones v. Regions Bank, 25 So. 3d 427 (Ala. 2009). “The parties' treatment of the plaintiffs’ claim alleging ownership and wrongful exercise of dominion and control by Regions Bank and Advanced Realty over the real property as one based on trespass in the motion for a partial summary judgment and the response to the motion does…”

Dawsey v. Raymond James Fin. Servs., Inc., 17 So. 3d 639 (Ala. 2009). “may enter the arbitration award as the judgment of the trial court pursuant to § 6-6-2.”). The defendants, however, argue that the purpose of a conditional judgment is to give the trial court jurisdiction over the *641 case and that the circuit clerk’s failure to enter a…”

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