Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes

La. Rev. Stat. § 9:4214 (2026)

Record; filing; judgment; effect and enforcement

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§4214.  Record; filing; judgment; effect and enforcement

Any party to a proceeding for an order confirming, modifying, or correcting an award shall, at the time the order is filed with the clerk for the entry of judgment thereon, also file the following papers with the clerk:

(1)  The agreement, the selection or appointment, if any, of an additional arbitrator or umpire, and each written extension of the time, if any, within which to make the award.

(2)  The award.

(3)  Each notice, affidavit, or other paper used upon an application to confirm, modify, or correct the award, and a copy of each order of the court upon such an application.

The judgment shall be docketed as if it were rendered in an action.

The judgment so entered shall have the same force and effect, in all respects, as, and be subject to all the provisions of law relating to, a judgment in an action, and it may be enforced as if it had been rendered in an action in the court in which it is entered.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1966–2019 · leading case: Nco Portfolio Mgmt., Inc. v. Walker, 3 So. 3d 628 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
Nco Portfolio Mgmt., Inc. v. Walker, 3 So. 3d 628 (La. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 3× “R.S. 9:4214; 9 U.S.C. § 13 . The resulting judgment “shall be docketed as if it were rendered in an action” and “shall have the same force and effect, in all respects, as, and be subject to all the provisions of law relating to, a judgment in an action, and it may be enforced as…”
Bottle Poetry, LLC v. Doyle Restaurant Grp. Franchise Co., 133 So. 3d 60 (La. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “R.S. 9:4214. To confirm an ^arbitration award, La.”
Berrigan v. Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, LLP, 806 So. 2d 163 (La. Ct. App. 2002). “LSA-R.S. 9:4214. (Emphasis added.) The focus of the plaintiffs' arguments to this court on this issue is that Deutsch, Kerrigan has failed to prove the "identity of parties" requirement of res judicata by a preponderance of the evidence.”
Goodrich Petroleum Co. v. MRC Energy Co., 137 So. 3d 200 (La. Ct. App. 2014). “R.S. 9:4214 a judgment which can be made executory against Goodrich Petroleum Company.”
Interdiction of Wright, 75 So. 3d 893 (La. 2011). “R.S. 9:4214 provides the procedure for converting the award to a judgment and states, “[t]he judgment so entered shall have the same force and effect .”
State Through Div. of Admin. v. Algernon Blair, 445 So. 2d 133 (La. Ct. App. 1984). “LSA-R.S. 9:4214 provides that a judgment confirming, modifying, or correcting an arbitration award ".”
Bergeron v. Gassen, 185 So. 2d 106 (La. Ct. App. 1966). “*109 The award of an Arbitrator has the effect of a final judgment of a court of law. It is res judicata and unless grounds are established, in accordance with the Louisiana Arbitration Law, for the vacation, modification or correction of the award, it must be confirmed.”
Aucoin-Hart Jewelers, Inc. v. Metairie Shopping Ctr., L.L.C., 249 So. 3d 1011 (La. Ct. App. 2018). “R.S. 9:4214. MSC opposed the motion to confirm the arbitration award, although it did not seek to have the arbitration award vacated on any of the grounds enumerated in La.”
Holmes v. Orleans Par. Sch. Bd., 698 So. 2d 429 (La. Ct. App. 1997). “Even if the arbitrator hadn't said it, OPSB would have owed Holmes his compensation and he could have availed himself of the provisions of R.S. 9:4214 to collect it. As to the written warning issue, this was an award upon a matter not submitted to the arbitrator.”
Stemcor USA Inc. v. Cia Siderurgica Do Para Cosipar (La. 2019). “R.S. 9:4214. “The judgment so entered shall have the same force and effect, in all respects, as, and be subject to all the provisions of law relating to, a judgment in an action, and it may be enforced as if it had been rendered in an action in the court in which it is entered.”
Nco Portfolio Mgmt. Inc. v. Gougisha, 985 So. 2d 728 (La. Ct. App. 2008). “R.S. 9:4214(1). [1] *730 In this case, the arbitrator made a factual finding that the Defendant executed a valid agreement to arbitrate.”
La. Rev. Stat. § 9:4214(1): 1 case
Nco Portfolio Mgmt. Inc. v. Gougisha, 985 So. 2d 728 (La. Ct. App. 2008). “R.S. 9:4214(1). [1] *730 In this case, the arbitrator made a factual finding that the Defendant executed a valid agreement to arbitrate.”
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