California Code
ARTICLE 1 - Definition and Form of Arbitration Agreements
Section 1297.71.

1297.71. An “arbitration agreement” is an agreement by the parties to submit to arbitration all or certain disputes which have arisen or which may arise between them in respect of a defined legal relationship, whether contractual or not. An arbitration agreement may be in the form of an arbitration clause in a contract or in the form of a separate agreement.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 23, Sec. 1. Effective March 7, 1988.)