679A.3 - APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS BY DISTRICT COURT.
679A.3 APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS BY DISTRICT COURT. If the arbitration agreement provides a method of appointment of arbitrators, this method shall be followed. In the absence of a method of appointing, or if the agreed method fails or for any reason cannot be followed, or when an arbitrator appointed fails or is unable to act and a successor has not been appointed, the district court on application of a party shall appoint one or more arbitrators. An arbitrator appointed by the district court has the same powers as an arbitrator specifically named in the agreement.
Section History: Early Form [C97, § 4395; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12712; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 679.18; 81 Acts, ch 202, § 3]
Section History: Recent Form C83, § 679A.3 Referred to in § 679A.12