The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 12 : Court Procedure
Chapter 192 : Arbitration Act
Subchapter 003 : JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 5675)-
§ 5675. Appointment of arbitrators
(a) On application of a party, a court shall appoint one or more arbitrators if:
(1) the arbitration agreement does not provide for a method of appointment; or
(2) the agreed method fails or for any reason cannot be followed; or
(3) an appointed arbitrator fails or is unable to act and his or her successor has not been duly appointed.
(b) If the arbitration agreement provides a method of appointment of arbitrators, that method shall be followed.
(c) An arbitrator appointed by the court has all of the powers of an arbitrator appointed under an agreement. (Added 1985, No. 95, § 2.)