Section 572.08 Validity of Arbitration Agreements, Application to Specific Agreements - Minnesota Statutes

572.08 VALIDITY OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS, APPLICATION TO SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS.

A written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration or a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising between the parties is valid, enforceable, and irrevocable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract. The provisions of sections 572.08 to 572.30 shall apply to controversies arising out of any contract for the construction or repair of state trunk highways when such contract specifically provides for arbitration or when the parties agree to submit an existing controversy to arbitration. Sections 572.08 to 572.30 also apply to arbitration agreements between employers and employees or between their respective representatives unless otherwise provided in the agreement.

History:

1957 c 633 s 1; 1963 c 656 s 1

NOTE: This section is repealed by Laws 2010, chapter 264, article 1, section 32, effective August 1, 2012. Laws 2010, chapter 264, article 1, section 32.