7.06.040 - Qualifications, appointment and compensation of arbitrators. - Washington Statutes

Qualifications, appointment and compensation of arbitrators.

The appointment of arbitrators shall be prescribed by rules adopted by the supreme court. An arbitrator must be a member of the state bar association who has been admitted to the bar for a minimum of five years or who is a retired judge. The parties may stipulate to a nonlawyer arbitrator. The supreme court may prescribe by rule additional qualifications of arbitrators.

     Arbitrators shall be compensated in the same amount and manner as judges pro tempore of the superior court.

[1987 c 212 § 102; 1979 c 103 § 4.]

Notes: Effective date -- 1987 c 212 §§ 101 and 102: See note following RCW 7.06.020.