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California Code Of Civil Procedure Section 640

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(a) The court shall appoint as referee or referees the person
or persons, not exceeding three, agreed upon by the parties.
   (b) If the parties do not agree on the selection of the referee or
referees, each party shall submit to the court up to three nominees
for appointment as referee and the court shall appoint one or more
referees, not exceeding three, from among the nominees against whom
there is no legal objection.  If no nominations are received from any
of the parties, the court shall appoint one or more referees, not
exceeding three, against whom there is no legal objection, or the
court may appoint a court commissioner of the county where the cause
is pending as a referee.
   (c) Participation in the referee selection procedure pursuant to
this section does not constitute a waiver of grounds for objection to
the appointment of a referee under Section 641 or 641.2.

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