District of Columbia Statutes
§ 16-4409 — Initiation of arbitration.
District of Columbia·Title 16 Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]·Ch. 44 Arbitration; Revised Uniform Act.
(a)A person initiates an arbitration proceeding by giving notice in a record to the other parties to the agreement to arbitrate by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and obtained, or by service as authorized for the commencement of a civil action. The notice shall describe the nature of the controversy and the remedy sought.
(b)Unless a person objects for lack or insufficiency of notice under § 16-4415(c) not later than the beginning of the arbitration hearing, the person, by appearing at the hearing, waives any objection to lack of or insufficiency of notice.
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Legislative History
Feb. 27, 2008, D.C. Law 17-111, § 2(b), 55 DCR 1847
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