                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN COURTS MAY APPOINT UMPIRES (§ 38.2-2121)

Whenever appraisers selected under the standard provisions for fire insurance
policies set out in § 38.2-2105 fail for fifteen days to agree upon a person to
serve as umpire, the insured or the insurer may apply in writing, for the
appointment of an umpire, to the judge of the circuit court of the county or
city in which the damaged or destroyed property was located at the time of loss.
If the application is filed by the insured, a copy of the application shall
first be delivered to a registered agent of the insurer. If the application is
filed by the insurer, a copy of the application shall first be delivered to the
insured. Upon showing, by affidavit or otherwise, the failure or neglect of the
appraisers to agree upon and select an umpire within the time specified in the
policy, the judge shall upon twenty-one days&#8217; notice to all parties
appoint a competent and disinterested person to serve as umpire in determining
the amount of loss or damage sustained.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 38-172; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-375; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c.
470.