It is not incompatible with an arbitration agreement for a party to request from a superior court, before or during arbitral proceedings, an interim measure of protection, or for the court to grant such a measure.

A superior court shall have the same power to issue an interim measure of protection in relation to arbitration proceedings, irrespective of whether the place of arbitration is in California, as it has in relation to proceedings filed in the first instance in the superior courts.

Any party to an arbitration governed by this title may request the superior court to enforce an interim measure of protection granted by an arbitral tribunal pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 1297.171) of Chapter 4.

Measures which the court may grant in connection with a pending arbitration include, but are not limited to:

In considering a request for interim relief, the court shall give preclusive effect to any and all findings of fact of the arbitral tribunal including the probable validity of the claim which is the subject of the award for interim relief and which the arbitral tribunal has previously granted in the proceeding in question, provided that such interim award is consistent with public policy.

Where the arbitral tribunal has not ruled on an objection to its jurisdiction, the court shall not grant preclusive effect to the tribunal’s findings until the court has made an independent finding as to the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal. If the court rules that the arbitral tribunal did not have jurisdiction, the application for interim measures of relief shall be denied. Such a ruling by the court that the arbitral tribunal lacks jurisdiction is not binding on the arbitral tribunal or subsequent judicial proceeding.