CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 501.

§§ 888–892 · 7 sections

• § 888 A grand jury is a body of the required number of persons returned from the citizens of the county before a court of competent jurisdiction, and sworn to…
• § 888.2 As used in this title as applied to a grand jury, “required number” means: (a) Twenty-three in a county having a population exceeding 4,000,000. (b) Eleven in…
• § 889 An indictment is an accusation in writing, presented by the grand jury to a competent court, charging a person with a public offense.
• § 890 Unless a higher fee or rate of mileage is otherwise provided by statute or county or city and county ordinance, the fees for grand jurors are fifteen dollars…
• § 890.1 The per diem and mileage of grand jurors where allowed by law shall be paid by the treasurer of the county out of the general fund of the county upon warrants…
• § 891 Every person who, by any means whatsoever, willfully and knowingly, and without knowledge and consent of the grand jury, records, or attempts to record, all or…
• § 892 The grand jury may proceed against a corporation.