Code Civ. Proc., § 222 · Chapter 1. Trial Jury Selection and Management Act
Code Civ. Proc., § 222
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), when an action is called for trial by jury, the clerk shall randomly select the names of the jurors for voir dire, until the jury is selected or the panel is exhausted.
(b) When the jury commissioner has provided the court with a listing of the trial jury panel in random order, the court shall seat prospective jurors for voir dire in the order provided by the panel list.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 263, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.
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- Official file
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