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  SECTION 682.04. Appointment of arbitrators by court.  


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  • 1(1) 2If the parties to an agreement to arbitrate agree on a method for appointing arbitrators, this method must be followed, unless the method fails.
    26(2) 27The court, on motion of a party to an arbitration agreement, shall appoint one or more arbitrators, if:
    45(a) 46The parties have not agreed on a method;
    54(b) 55The agreed method fails;
    59(c) 60One or more of the parties failed to respond to the demand for arbitration; or
    75(d) 76An arbitrator fails to act and a successor has not been appointed.
    88(3) 89An arbitrator so appointed has all the powers of an arbitrator designated in the agreement to arbitrate appointed pursuant to the agreed method.
    112(4) 113An individual who has a known, direct, and material interest in the outcome of the arbitration proceeding or a known, existing, and substantial relationship with a party may not serve as an arbitrator required by an agreement to be neutral.
History.-s. 3, ch. 57-402; s. 12, ch. 67-254; s. 724, ch. 97-102; s. 12, ch. 2013-232.

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Note.-Former s. 57.13.

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