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Code of Civil Procedure § 231.5

CHAPTER 1. Trial Jury Selection and Management Act

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 231.5Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 115, Sec. 1. (AB 87) Effective January 1, 2016.

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 because of a characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code, or similar grounds.