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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-108-203 (2026)

When subchapter applies

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  1. This subchapter governs an agreement to arbitrate made on or after July 27, 2011.
  2. This subchapter governs an agreement to arbitrate made before July 27, 2011, if all the parties to the agreement or to the arbitration proceeding so agree in a record.

History. Acts 2011, No. 695, § 1.

A.C.R.C. Notes. Arkansas did not adopt subsection (c) in Section 3 of the official version of the Uniform Arbitration Act promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

Case Notes

Agreement to Arbitrate.

Subject matter was clear from the arbitration provision, there was mutual obligation because both sides had to arbitrate all controversies other than collection cases, and there was mutual agreement, with both parties assenting to the agreement having a meeting of the minds, and thus all the elements of a contract had been met and the parties entered into an agreement to arbitrate the disputes raised in the petition. Diamante v. Dye, 2013 Ark. App. 630, 430 S.W.3d 196 (2013).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2022 · leading case: Hardy Constr. Co. v. Arkansas State High. & Transp. Dep't, 922 S.W.2d 705 (Ark. 1996).
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Hardy Constr. Co. v. Arkansas State High. & Transp. Dep't, 922 S.W.2d 705 (Ark. 1996). · cites it 12× “Hardy Construction's first point is that the Uniform Arbitration Act, as codified in part at § 16-108-203, authorizes a party to petition the court to appoint one or more arbitrators "if the agreed method fails or for any reason cannot be followed.”
Diamante v. Dye, 2013 Ark. App. 630 (Ark. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “Ark. Code Ann. § 16-108-203 (Supp. 2011) (emphasis added).”
Nisha, LLC v. Tribuilt Constr. Grp., LLC, 388 S.W.3d 444 (Ark. 2012). · cites it 2× “Ark.Code Ann. § 16-108-203 (Repl.2006). In addition, a circuit court may, on request, direct the arbitrator to conduct a hearing promptly and render a timely decision.”
Rice v. Fid. Fiduciary Co., LLC (W.D. Ark. 2022). · cites it 2× “” Ark. Code Ann. § 16-108-203 . The WCMSA containing the agreement to arbitrate was entered into by the parties and approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services before July 27, 2011, and there is no record that the parties agreed to have the UAA govern the WCMSA.”
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