Ethics Stds. for Neutral Arbitrators, std. 6
Duty to refuse appointment
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
Notwithstanding any contrary request, consent, or waiver by the parties, a proposed arbitrator must decline appointment if he or she is not able to be impartial.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/ethics/ethics6
- Text hash
- sha256 c9ffff92ffed1207d4cce3104355afb37019cb7ce01f3c821aea86887c936747
- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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