Arbitration awards are designed to be final and quickly enforceable. After an award issues, a party can ask a court to confirm it, and the court must do so unless a statutory ground to modify, correct, or vacate applies. Colorado law lists limited bases to vacate an award, such as corruption, evident partiality, serious misconduct, exceeding powers, or lack of agreement to arbitrate. If a motion to vacate is denied, the court generally confirms the award. Appeals are available from certain orders, but the scope is narrow compared to traditional litigation. These rules come from Colorado’s Uniform Arbitration Act. For more information, please reach out to us.