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9 U.S.C. 13: Papers filed with order on motions; judgment; docketing; force and effect; enforcementText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 9-ARBITRATIONCHAPTER 1-GENERAL PROVISIONS

§13. Papers filed with order on motions; judgment; docketing; force and effect; enforcement

The party moving for an order confirming, modifying, or correcting an award shall, at the time such order is filed with the clerk for the entry of judgment thereon, also file the following papers with the clerk:

(a)  The agreement; the selection or appointment, if any, of an additional arbitrator or umpire; and each written extension of the time, if any, within which to make the award.

(b)  The award.

(c)  Each notice, affidavit, or other paper used upon an application to confirm, modify, or correct the award, and a copy of each order of the court upon such an application.The judgment shall be docketed as if it was rendered in an action. The judgment so entered shall have the same force and effect, in all respects, as, and be subject to all the provisions of law relating to, a judgment in an action; and it may be enforced as if it had been rendered in an action in the court in which it is entered.

( July 30, 1947, ch. 392 , 61 Stat. 673 .)

Derivation

Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, § 13, 43 Stat. 886.