Rule 12 Non-binding Arbitration Hearing and Award

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RULE 12 NON-BINDING ARBITRATION HEARING AND AWARD

(a) Scope.

This rule applies only to non-binding arbitrations. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to apply to binding arbitration pursuant to the Uniform Arbitration Act as adopted in South Carolina. Arbitrations selected by the parties under these rules are deemed non-binding arbitrations unless otherwise expressly agreed by the parties.

(b) Arbitration Hearings.

The following shall apply to arbitration hearings, unless otherwise expressly agreed by the parties:

(1) Witnesses may be compelled to testify under oath or affirmation and produce evidence by the same authority and to the same extent as if the hearing were at trial. The arbitrator is empowered and authorized to administer oaths and affirmations.

(2) Rule 45, SCRCP, shall...