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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-211" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Arbitration and Award">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the arbitration agreement provides a method of appointment of arbitrators, this method shall be followed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In the absence of a provision in the agreement, a party may file a petition with a court to appoint one or more arbitrators.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A court shall appoint one or more arbitrators if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The arbitration agreement does not provide a method of appointment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The agreed method fails or for any reason cannot be followed; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An appointed arbitrator fails or is unable to act and his successor has not been appointed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A court appointed arbitrator has all the powers of an arbitrator specifically named in the agreement.</text>
  </level>
</section>
