California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 1297.121

CCP § 1297.121 Effective Mar 7, 1988Title 9.3 · Part 3 · Ch. 3 · Art. 3

Statute text

Except as otherwise provided in this title, all persons whose names have been submitted for consideration for appointment or designation as arbitrators or conciliators, or who have been appointed or designated as such, shall, within 15 days, make a disclosure to the parties of any information which might cause their impartiality to be questioned including, but not limited to, any of the following instances:

(a)The person has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding.

(b)The person served as a lawyer in the matter in controversy, or the person is or has been associated with another who has participated in the matter during such association, or he or she has been a material witness concerning it.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 23, Sec. 1. Effective March 7, 1988.