18. If a local municipality does not appoint appraisers, if the latter make no report within the month following the receipt of the notice, if the local municipality does not name an arbitrator or if the arbitrators appointed do not give their decision within the same time, the claimant may, within three months, enter suit before a civil court of competent jurisdiction.
R. S. 1964, c. 130, s. 18; 1996, c. 2, s. 12; 1999, c. 40, s. 2.