MAR 3.1
                                QUALIFICATIONS


    Unless otherwise ordered or stipulated, an arbitrator must be a member of
the Washington State Bar Association who has been admitted to the Bar for a
minimum of 5 years, or who is a retired judge. The parties may stipulate to a
nonlawyer arbitrator.

    To qualify as an arbitrator, a person must sign and file an oath of office,
either to serve in a particular case, or as a member of a panel of arbitrators.
The court is authorized to remove an individual from a list of qualified
arbitrators for good cause.


[Effective July 1, 1980. Amended effective September 1, 2008.]