PART 1. OF COURTS OF JUSTICE 35-286›TITLE 3. PERSONS SPECIALLY INVESTED WITH POWERS OF A JUDICIAL NATURE 190-259›CHAPTER 1. Trial Jury Selection and Management Act 190-237
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California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) At each court facility where jury cases are heard, the board of supervisors shall provide a deliberation room or rooms for use of jurors when they have retired for deliberation. The deliberation rooms shall be designed to minimize unwarranted intrusions by other persons in the court facility, shall have suitable furnishings, equipment, and supplies, and shall also have restroom accommodations for male and female jurors.
(b) If the board of supervisors neglects to provide the facilities required by this section, the court may order the sheriff or marshal to do so, and the expenses incurred in carrying the order into effect, when certified by the court, are a county charge.
(c) Unless authorized by the jury commissioner, jury assembly facilities shall be restricted to use by jurors and jury commissioner staff.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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