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California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 191

CCP § 191Title 3 · Part 1 · Ch. 1

Statute text

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The Legislature recognizes that trial by jury is a cherished constitutional right, and that jury service is an obligation of citizenship. It is the policy of the State of California that all persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random from the population of the area served by the court; that all qualified persons have an equal opportunity, in accordance with this chapter, to be considered for jury service in the state and an obligation to serve as jurors when summoned for that purpose; and that it is the responsibility of jury commissioners to manage all jury systems in an efficient, equitable, and cost-effective manner, in accordance with this chapter.

Legislative history

Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1245, Sec. 2.

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