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Washington State Court Rules : Superior Court Mandatory Arbitration Rules

Table of Rules
1 Scope and Purpose of Rules
1.1	Application of Rules
1.2	Matters Subject to Arbitration
1.3	Relationship to Superior Court Jurisdiction and Other Rules
2 Transfer to Arbitration and Assignment of Arbitrator
2.1	Transfer to Arbitration
2.2	Court May Determine Arbitrability
2.3	Assignment to Arbitrator
3 Arbitrators
3.1	Qualifications
3.2	Authority of Arbitrators
4 Procedures After Assignment
4.1	Restrictions on Communication Between Arbitrator and Parties
4.2	Discovery
4.3	Subpoena
5 Hearing
5.1	Notice of Hearing
5.2	Prehearing Statement of Proof
5.3	Conduct of Hearing--Witnesses--Rules of Evidence
5.4	Absence of Party at Hearing
6 Award
6.1	Form and Content of Award
6.2	Filing of Award
6.3	Judgment on Award
6.4	Costs and Attorney Fees
7 Trial De Novo
7.1	Request for Trial de Novo
7.2	Procedure After Request for Trial de Novo
7.3	Costs and Attorney Fees
8 General Provisions
8.1	Stipulations
8.2	Local Rules
8.3	Effective Date
8.4	Title and Citation
8.5	Status of Comments

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