5-401. Validity of arbitration agreement. - Kansas Statutes

5-401

Chapter 5.--ARBITRATION AND AWARD Article 4.--UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT

      5-401.   Validity of arbitration agreement. (a) A written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration is valid, enforceable and irrevocable except upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.

      (b)   Except as provided in subsection (c), a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising between the parties is valid, enforceable and irrevocable except upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.

      (c)   The provisions of subsection (b) shall not apply to: (1) Contracts of insurance, except for those contracts between insurance companies, including reinsurance contracts; (2) contracts between an employer and employees, or their respective representatives; or (3) any provision of a contract providing for arbitration of a claim in tort.

      History:   L. 1973, ch. 24, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 25, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 38, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 155, § 2; July 1.