Title 3: Persons Specially Invested with Powers of a Judicial Nature | Chapter 1: Trial Jury Selection and Management Act

§ 190 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Trial Jury Selection and Management Act. § 191 The Legislature recognizes that trial by jury is a cherished constitutional right, and that jury service is an obligation of citizenship. § 192 This chapter applies to the selection of jurors, and the formation of trial juries, for both civil and criminal cases, in all trial courts of the stat… § 193 Juries are of three kinds: (a) Grand juries established pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 888) of Part 2 of the Penal Code. § 194 The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “County” means any county or any coterminous city and county. § 195 (a) In each county, there shall be one jury commissioner who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, a majority of the judges of the supe… § 196 (a) The jury commissioner or the court shall inquire as to the qualifications of persons on the master list or source list who are or may be summoned … § 197 (a) All persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random, from a source or sources inclusive of a representative cross section of the pop… § 198 (a) Random selection shall be utilized in creating master and qualified juror lists, commencing with selection from source lists, and continuing throu… § 198.5 If sessions of the superior court are held in a location other than the county seat, the names for master jury lists and qualified jury lists to serve… § 201 In any superior court, a separate trial jury panel may be drawn, summoned, and impaneled for each judge, or any one panel may be drawn, summoned, and … § 202 Mechanical, electric, or electronic equipment, which in the opinion of the jury commissioner is satisfactory therefor, may be used in the performance … § 203 (a) All persons are eligible and qualified to be prospective trial jurors, except the following: (1) Persons who are not citizens of the United States… § 204 (a) No eligible person shall be exempt from service as a trial juror by reason of occupation, economic status, or any characteristic listed or defined… § 205 (a) If a jury commissioner requires a person to complete a questionnaire, the questionnaire shall ask only questions related to juror identification, … § 206 (a) Prior to discharging the jury from the case, the judge in a criminal action shall inform the jurors that they have an absolute right to discuss or… § 207 (a) The jury commissioner shall maintain records regarding selection, qualification, and assignment of prospective jurors. § 208 The jury commissioner shall estimate the number of prospective jurors that may be required to serve the needs of the court, and shall summon prospecti… § 209 (a) Any prospective trial juror who has been summoned for service, and who fails to attend as directed or to respond to the court or jury commissioner… § 210 The summons shall contain the date, time, and place of appearance required of the prospective juror or, alternatively, instructions as to the procedur… § 210.5 The Judicial Council shall adopt a standardized jury summons for use, with appropriate modifications, around the state, that is understandable and has… § 211 When a court has no prospective jurors remaining available for voir dire from panels furnished by, or available from, the jury commissioner, and finds… § 213 Unless excused by reason of undue hardship, all or any portion of the summoned prospective jurors shall be available on one-hour notice by telephone t… § 214 The jury commissioner shall provide orientation for new jurors, which shall include necessary basic information concerning jury service. § 215 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and after July 1, 2000, the fee for jurors in the superior court, in civil and criminal cases, is fiftee… § 216 (a) At each court facility where jury cases are heard, the court shall provide a deliberation room or rooms for use of jurors when they have retired f… § 217 In criminal cases only, while the jury is kept together, either during the progress of the trial or after their retirement for deliberation, the court… § 218 The jury commissioner shall hear the excuses of jurors summoned, in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Judicial Council. § 219 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the jury commissioner shall randomly select jurors for jury panels to be sent to courtrooms for voir dire. § 219.5 The Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court, on or before January 1, 2005, requiring the trial courts to establish procedures for jury service th… § 220 A trial jury shall consist of 12 persons, except that in civil actions and cases of misdemeanor, it may consist of 12 or any number less than 12, upon… § 222 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), when an action is called for trial by jury, the clerk shall randomly select the names of the jurors for voi… § 222.5 (a) To select a fair and impartial jury in a civil jury trial, the trial judge shall conduct an initial examination of prospective jurors. § 223 (a) To select a fair and impartial jury in a criminal jury trial, the trial judge shall conduct an initial examination of prospective jurors. § 224 (a) If a party does not cause the removal by challenge of an individual juror who is deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or speech impair… § 225 A challenge is an objection made to the trial jurors that may be taken by any party to the action, and is of the following classes and types: (a) A ch… § 226 (a) A challenge to an individual juror may only be made before the jury is sworn. § 227 The challenges of either party for cause need not all be taken at once, but they may be taken separately, in the following order, including in each ch… § 228 Challenges for general disqualification may be taken on one or both of the following grounds, and for no other: (a) A want of any of the qualification… § 229 A challenge for implied bias may be taken for one or more of the following causes, and for no other: (a) Consanguinity or affinity within the fourth d… § 230 Challenges for cause shall be tried by the court. § 231 (a) In criminal cases, if the offense charged is punishable with death, or with imprisonment in the state prison for life, the defendant is entitled t… § 231.5 A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the prospective juror is biased merely b… § 231.7 (a) A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of the prospective juror’s race, ethnicity, gender, gender… § 232 (a) Prior to the examination of prospective trial jurors in the panel assigned for voir dire, the following perjury acknowledgment and agreement shall… § 233 If, before the jury has returned its verdict to the court, a juror becomes sick or, upon other good cause shown to the court, is found to be unable to… § 234 Whenever, in the opinion of a judge of a superior court about to try a civil or criminal action or proceeding, the trial is likely to be a protracted … § 235 At the request of the sheriff, coroner, or other ministerial officer, the jury commissioner shall provide such prospective jurors as may be required t… § 236 When six or more prospective jurors of inquest attend, they shall be sworn by the coroner to inquire who the person was, and when, where, and by what … § 237 (a) (1) The names of qualified jurors drawn from the qualified juror list for the superior court shall be made available to the public upon request un… § 242 (a) Following the receipt of a verdict and before discharging the jury in a criminal action or proceeding alleging a violent felony, the court shall p…