Court appointment of arbitrator · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 7504. Court appointment of arbitrator. If the arbitration agreement does not provide for a method of appointment of an arbitrator, or if the agreed method fails or for any reason is not followed, or if an arbitrator fails to act and his successor has not been appointed, the court, on application of a party, shall appoint an arbitrator.
On a party’s application, the court must appoint an arbitrator when the agreement provides no appointment method, the agreed method fails or is not followed, or an arbitrator fails to act and no successor has been appointed. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Clerk in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Clerk: Civil Practice Law and Rules; Volume 1 — Your Career: Civil Practice in Plain English.