---
title: "Diarise the time limits to confirm, vacate, modify, or correct an award"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/diarise-the-correction-interpretation-and-set-aside-time-limits-after-an/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A6-E20261018-6-US"
practice_area: "Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Diarise the time limits to confirm, vacate, modify, or correct an award

> From the award’s date of filing or delivery, and from the date it was made, list the dates that fall three months and one year later, and record which date the award print shows. Do not prepare a motion.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the award’s date of filing or delivery, and from the date it was made, list the dates that fall three months and one year later, and record which date the award print shows. Do not prepare a motion. |
| What the lawyer must review | 9 U.S.C. § 12: notice of a motion to vacate, modify, or correct an award must be served on the adverse party or that party’s attorney within three months after the award is filed or delivered. 9 U.S.C. § 9: if the parties agreed that a judgment shall be entered on the award, a party may apply to confirm within one year after the award is made, and the court must grant the order unless the award is vacated, modified, or corrected as prescribed in sections 10 and 11. 9 U.S.C. § 207 is a different confirmation period for an award under the Convention, and it was opened separately so that it is not used in place of § 9. The lawyer decides which section applies and writes any motion. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 applies to the paper filed in district court. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Diarise the correction, interpretation and set-aside time limits after an award](https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/diarise-the-correction-interpretation-and-set-aside-time-limits-after-an.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the award’s date of filing or delivery, and from the date it was made, list the dates that fall three months and one year later, and record which date the award print shows. Do not prepare a motion.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 11’s grounds for modification were not opened as a separate text. Section 12 is the service deadline for a motion to modify or correct.
- Count from the event the statute names: § 12 from filing or delivery, § 9 from the date the award was made.
- A Convention award uses § 207 for confirmation. Do not put the § 9 one-year date on a Convention award without the lawyer’s decision.

## Sources

- [9 U.S.C. § 12, notice of motions to vacate, modify, or correct](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/9/12) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [9 U.S.C. § 9, award of arbitrators; confirmation](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/9/9) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [9 U.S.C. § 207, confirmation of a Convention award](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/9/207) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Correction, interpretation and set-aside times after a Model Law award](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/correction-and-set-aside-times.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Diary of the Model Law article 33 and article 34 times, and the section 19 public-policy grounds, after an award in a Model Law arbitration. |
| [Federal Court Form 58: originating application to enforce an award under section 35(4) of the International Arbitration Act 1974](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/form-fca-58-enforce-award-section-35.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Federal Court Form 58, the originating application to enforce an award under section 35(4) of the International Arbitration Act 1974, rule 28.49. |

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*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*