{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"204","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 204","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 by Stats. 2007, Ch. 568, Sec. 15.   Effective January 1, 2008.","effective":"2008-01-01","html":"<p>(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 in Section <a href=\"/gov/11135\">11135</a> of the Government Code, or for any other reason. No person shall be excused from service as a trial juror except as specified in subdivision (b).</p><p>(b) An eligible person may be excused from jury service only for undue hardship, upon themselves or upon the public, as defined by the Judicial Council.</p>","text":"(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 in Section 11135 of the Government Code, or for any other reason. No person shall be excused from service as a trial juror except as specified in subdivision (b). (b) An eligible person may be excused from jury service only for undue hardship, upon themselves or upon the public, as defined by the Judicial Council.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/trial-jury-selection-and-management-act-204","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}