9 U.S.C. § 13
Section 13 · Papers filed with order on motions; judgment; docketing; force and effect; enforcement
This is the Federal Arbitration Act
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 86 court decisions — leading case Apparel Art International, Inc. v. Amertex Enterprises Ltd. (1995)
Most recently applied in National Casualty Company v. Continental Insurance Company (November 2024)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The party moving for an order confirming, modifying, or correcting an award shall, at the time such order is filed with the clerk for the entry of judgment thereon, also file the following papers with the clerk:
(a) 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.
(b) The award.
(c) 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 was 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.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Derivation
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, §13, 43 Stat. 886.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Books and records kept by district court clerks and entries therein, see rule 79, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Entry of judgment, see rule 58, Title 28, Appendix.