Code Civ. Proc., § 611 · Article 2. Conduct of the Trial
Code Civ. Proc., § 611
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
If the jury are permitted to separate, either during the trial or after the case is submitted to them, they shall be admonished by the court that it is their duty not to conduct research, disseminate information, or converse with, or permit themselves to be addressed by, any other person on any subject of the trial, and that it is their duty not to form or express an opinion thereon until the case is finally submitted to them. The court shall clearly explain, as part of the admonishment, that the prohibition on research, dissemination of information, and conversation applies to all forms of electronic and wireless communication.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 181, Sec. 1. (AB 141) Effective January 1, 2012.
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