Title 2A, Title 2A: ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2A:23A-13. Application to court for review of award a. A party to an alternative resolution proceeding shall commence a summary application in the Superior Court for its vacation, modification or correction within 45 days after the award is delivered to the applicant, or within 3…

2A:23A-14. Rehearing, confirmation Upon vacating an award pursuant to section 13, except for the reasons stated in paragraph (5) of subsection c. of section 13, the court may order a rehearing and determination of all or any of the issues, either before the same umpire, having du…

2A:23A-15. Death, incompetency of party When a party dies after making a written agreement to submit a controversy to alternative resolution, the proceedings may be initiated or continued upon the application of, or upon notice to, the party's executor or administrator or, when i…

2A:23A-16. Limitation of time If, at the time a demand for alternative resolution was made or served, the claims sought to be resolved would have been barred by a limitation of time had it been asserted in a court of this State, a party may assert the limitation as a bar to the a…

2A:23A-17. Fees, expenses Unless otherwise provided in the agreement for alternative resolution, the expenses and fees of the umpire with other expenses, including, but not limited to, costs for the place where the hearings are held, deposition or hearing transcripts, expert fees…

2A:23A-18. Judgment on award a. Whenever a court shall vacate, modify or correct an award as provided for in this act and thereupon enter an award based on that determination, the court, upon application, shall in a summary proceeding as provided for herein determine all costs an…

2A:23A-19 Superior Court jurisdiction of proceedings. 19. Whenever a party to an agreement for alternative resolution has the right to apply to the Superior Court under this act, those proceedings shall be heard in accordance with any rules adopted by the New Jersey Supreme Court…

2A:23A-2. Contracts to submit; enforcement of submission; waiver of appeal a. Any provision in a written contract whereby the parties agree to settle by means of alternative resolution, as provided in this act, (1) any controversy that may arise from the contract or from a refusa…

2A:23A-20. Arbitration a. Any civil action brought for personal injury, except for actions brought pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1972, c. 70 (C. 39:6A-1 et seq.), shall be submitted, except as hereinafter provided, to arbitration by the assignment judge of the court in which …

2A:23A-21. Filing Submission of a controversy to arbitration shall toll the statute of limitations for filing an action until the filing of the arbitration decision in accordance with section 6 of this act. L. 1987,c.329, s.2.

2A:23A-22. Arbitrators a. The number or selection of arbitrators may be stipulated by mutual consent of all of the parties to the action, which stipulation shall be made in writing prior to or at the time notice is given that the controversy is to be submitted to arbitration. The…

2A:23A-23. Compensation for arbitrators Compensation for arbitrators shall be set by the rules adopted by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. The Supreme Court may also establish a schedule of fees for attorneys representing the parties to the dispute and for witnesses in arbitratio…

2A:23A-24. Subpenas The arbitrators may, at their initiative or at the request of any party to the arbitrators, issue subpenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, documents and other evidence. Subpenas shall be served and shall be enforceable in …

2A:23A-25. Arbitration award over $20,000 Notwithstanding that a controversy was submitted pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of this act, the arbitration award may exceed $20,000.00. The arbitration decision shall be in writing, and shall set forth the issues in controversy,…

2A:23A-26. Confirmation The court shall, upon motion of any of the parties, confirm the arbitration decision, and the action of the court shall have the same effect and be enforceable as a judgment in any other action; unless one of the parties petitions the court within 30 days …

2A:23A-27. Payment of fees 8. Except in the case of an arbitration decision vacated by the court or offers of judgment made pursuant to court rules, the party petitioning the court for a trial de novo shall pay to the court a trial de novo fee in an amount established pursuant to…

2A:23A-28. Trial de novo No statements, admissions or testimony made at the arbitration proceedings, nor the arbitration decision, as confirmed or modified by the court, shall be used or referred to at the trial de novo by any of the parties, except that the court may consider an…

2A:23A-29. Assessment of costs for trial de novo The party having filed for a trial de novo shall be assessed court costs and other reasonable costs of the other party to the judicial proceeding, including attorneys' fees, investigation expenses and expenses for expert or other t…

2A:23A-3. Coordinated alternative dispute resolution, court proceedings a. When parties have agreed to alternative resolution proceedings under separate agreements under this act, and the claims to be resolved may involve evidence, witnesses and testimony reasonably necessary to …

2A:23A-30. Rules of court; report The Supreme Court of New Jersey shall adopt rules of court appropriate or necessary to effectuate the purpose of this act. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall not later than March 1 of each year file with the Governor and Legislature a …

2A:23A-4. Demand for alternative resolution; action for order for alternative resolution a. Any party to an agreement which provides for alternative resolution under this act shall institute a proceeding pursuant to that agreement by: (1) Giving written notice to all other partie…

2A:23A-5. Complete authority of umpire; appeals a. Whenever an alternative resolution is properly demanded, the umpire designated therein shall have full jurisdiction to provide all relief and to determine all claims and disputes arising thereunder, including whether the particul…

2A:23A-6. Provisional remedies a. Whenever an umpire acts upon an application for relief in the nature of a civil provisional remedy under any applicable law, including the civil remedies of attachment, replevin, sequestration, and other corresponding or equivalent remedies, howe…

2A:23A-7. Limited intermediate review a. In exceptional circumstances, to prevent a manifest denial of justice, or when it clearly appears that a party will suffer irreparable harm or that damages may not be reasonably calculated or, if capable of calculation, that they will not …

2A:23A-8. Stay of court action for proceeding subject to alternative resolution In an action brought in any court upon an issue arising out of an agreement providing for alternative resolution under this act, the court, when satisfied that the issue involved is referable to alter…

2A:23A-9. Umpires a. An alternative resolution proceeding shall be conducted by a single umpire unless otherwise expressly provided for in the agreement. If the agreement designates a person or persons, the person or persons named shall conduct the proceeding. If a method is prov…