{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-85a-85a-311","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 85A-311","heading":"Method of appointing arbitrator","body":"A. If the parties to an arbitration agreement agree on a method\n\nfor appointing an arbitrator, that method shall be followed, unless\n\nthe method fails. If the parties have not agreed on a method, the\n\nagreed method fails, or an arbitrator appointed fails or is unable\n\nto act and a successor has not been appointed, the Commission, on\n\nmotion of a party to the arbitration proceeding, shall appoint the\n\narbitrator. An arbitrator appointed by the Commission has all the\n\npowers of an arbitrator designated by the arbitration agreement.\n\nB. An individual who has a known, direct, and material interest\n\nin the outcome of the arbitration proceeding, or a known, existing,\n\nand substantial relationship with a party to the arbitration\n\nproceeding, may not serve as an arbitrator unless agreed to in\n\nwriting by the parties.","path":["OK Code","Title 85A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os85A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b7fbf8efe83526583d8be1a63c2266cc058aa718fa88238bc03445fb0dcbbf3b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-85a-85a-310","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-85a-85a-312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}