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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-219" 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>The arbitration award shall be in writing and signed by the arbitrators who joined in the award.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The arbitration award shall be made within the time set by the agreement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the agreement does not set a time, a party may petition a court to set the time.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The parties may extend the time for making an award in writing at any time.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The arbitrators shall deliver a copy of the award to each party:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>As provided in the agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Personally; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>By certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A party waives the objection that an award was not made within the time required unless he notifies the arbitrators of his objection prior to the delivery of the award to him.</text>
  </level>
</section>
