Arbitration. Any claim, controversy or dispute between the parties arising out of or relating to this lease agreement, or to the interpretation or breach thereof, or to the existence, scope, or validity of this agreement or the abitration agreement, shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the then effective arbitration rules of (and by filing a claim with) Arbitration Service of Portland, Inc., and any judgment upon the award rendered pursuant to such arbitration may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof, but nothing in this paragraph shall preclude lessor/landlord from bringing, maintaining and concluding an action against lessee for forcible entry or wrongful detainer, and this paragraph shall not apply to any dispute that is encompassed within the FED legal action.

(Note: Any existing attorney fees clause in the contract should be modified to include an arbitration proceeding. Click to Attorney Fees Provision.)

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