§ 2. — Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 9USC2]
TITLE 9--ARBITRATION
CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2. Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements
to arbitrate
A written provision in any maritime transaction or a contract
evidencing a transaction involving commerce to settle by arbitration a
controversy thereafter arising out of such contract or transaction, or
the refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, or an agreement in
writing to submit to arbitration an existing controversy arising out of
such a contract, transaction, or refusal, shall be valid, irrevocable,
and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for
the revocation of any contract.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670.)
Derivation
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, Sec. 2, 43 Stat. 883.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 202 of this title.
