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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-581.012 (2026)

Judgment or decree on award

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Upon granting an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, a judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and be docketed and enforced as any other judgment or decree. Costs of the application and of the proceedings subsequent thereto, and disbursements may be awarded by the court.

1986, c. 614.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case: Waterfront Marine Constr., Inc. v. North End 49ers Sandbridge Bulkhead Groups A, B & C, 468 S.E.2d 894 (Va. 1996).
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Waterfront Marine Constr., Inc. v. North End 49ers Sandbridge Bulkhead Groups A, B & C, 468 S.E.2d 894 (Va. 1996). · cites it 4× “09, and providing that the court’s order confirming the award can be enforced as “any other judgment or *429 decree,” Code § 8.01-581.012. 3 Additionally, the parties presumably knew that an arbitrator has no power to enforce the award rendered.”
Marks v. Marks, 548 S.E.2d 919 (Va. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 6× “09 and then enter a decree in conformity with the award under Code § 8.01-581.012. 3 Because the allegations of the arbitrator’s wrongdoing raised by husband in his exceptions to the trial court’s final decree of divorce, and on appeal, fell within the purview of Code §§ 8.”
Trs. of Asbury United Methodist Church v. Taylor & Parrish, Inc., 452 S.E.2d 847 (Va. 1995). · cites it 2× “” Code § 8.01-581.012. Taylor did not apply to the arbitrator or to the trial court to modify or correct the award, as provided in Code §§ 8.”
Bates v. McQueen, 613 S.E.2d 566 (Va. 2005). · cites it 2× “We note, however, that the provisions of Code § 8.01-581.012 provide that the "[c]osts of the application [to confirm, modify, or correct an arbitration award] and of the proceedings subsequent thereto, and disbursements may be awarded by the court.”
Moore Bros. Constr. Co. v. Brown & Root, Inc., 962 F. Supp. 838 (E.D. Va. 1997). · cites it 3× “Va.Code § 8.01-581.012 (providing that a judgment confirming an arbitration award is to be treated like any other judgment), Waterfront Marine Construction.”
David S. Chung v. Law Firm of Urban & Falk, PLLC (Va. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 4× “09 (providing that a court “shall confirm an award” upon “application of a party”); Code § 8.01-581.012 (“Upon granting an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, a judgment or decree shall be 2 The retainer agreement stipulated that “any controversy” between Chung…”
Colonial River Wealth Advisors, LLC v. Cambridge Inv. Rsch., Inc. (E.D. Va. 2023). · cites it 3× “Further, Va. Code § 8.01-581.012 provides that a judgment confirming an arbitration is to be treated like any other judgment, including the application of res judicata.”
Trs. of Asbury Church v. Taylor, 452 S.E.2d 847 (Va. 1995). · cites it 2× “011 provides that, unless the trial court grants an application to modify or correct an arbitration award, "the court shall confirm the award as made.”
Erisman v. Axis Ins. Co. (W.D. Va. 2025). “011), and award costs (§ 8.01-581.012), among other things. Axis argues that the type of “jurisdiction” contemplated by the VUAA should be imputed to the Jurisdiction Statute, and because arbitrations do not literally “deprive Virginia courts of jurisdiction” under the VUAA, the…”
Ford v. Ross Bros. Builders, Inc., 19 Va. Cir. 423 (Stafford Cir. Ct. 1990). · cites it 2× “09 and § 8.01-581.012. Plaintiff further seeks interest at the legal rate from October 9, 1989, the date of the original award by the arbitrator, as well as his costs and attorney’s fees.”
Ertel v. Mountain Home Builders, Inc., 29 Va. Cir. 320 (Spotsylvania Cir. Ct. 1992). · cites it 2× “09 and § 8.01-581.012. Second, if there are minor problems with the award, the court may modify the award or correct the problems.”
Country Homecrafters, Inc. v. Granberry, 24 Va. Cir. 285 (Albemarle Cir. Ct. 1991). “Under § 8.01-581.012 the Court may award costs to Country Homecrafters, Inc.”
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