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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-207" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Arbitration and Award">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a party to an arbitration agreement described in § 3-202 of this subtitle refuses to arbitrate, the other party may file a petition with a court to order arbitration.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the opposing party denies existence of an arbitration agreement, the court shall proceed expeditiously to determine if the agreement exists.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the court determines that the agreement exists, it shall order arbitration. Otherwise it shall deny the petition.</text>
  </level>
</section>
