{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"198.5","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 198.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF COURTS OF JUSTICE [35. - 286.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 3. PERSONS SPECIALLY INVESTED WITH POWERS OF A JUDICIAL NATURE [190. - 259.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-1/title-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Trial Jury Selection and Management Act [190. - 242.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-1/title-3/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended (as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784) by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 6.   Effective January 1, 2004.","effective":"2004-01-01","html":"<p>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 in a session may be selected from the area in which the session is held, pursuant to a local superior court rule that divides the county in a manner that provides all qualified persons in the county an equal opportunity to be considered for jury service. Nothing in this section precludes the court, in its discretion, from ordering a countywide venire in the interest of justice.</p>","text":"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 in a session may be selected from the area in which the session is held, pursuant to a local superior court rule that divides the county in a manner that provides all qualified persons in the county an equal opportunity to be considered for jury service. Nothing in this section precludes the court, in its discretion, from ordering a countywide venire in the interest of justice.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/trial-jury-selection-and-management-act-198-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}