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CA Penal Code § 853.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5B - Interstate Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 2 - California-Nevada Compact for Jurisdiction on Interstate Waters|Section 853.4.

853.4.  (a) As used in this compact, unless the context otherwise requires, “party state” means a state that has enacted this compact.(b) If conduct is prohibited by the party states, courts and law enforcement officers in either state who have jurisdiction over criminal offenses committed in a county where Lake Tahoe or Topaz Lake forms a common interstate boundary have concurrent jurisdiction to arrest, prosecute, and try offenders for the prohibited conduct committed anywhere on the body of water forming a boundary between the two states.(c) This section applies only to those crimes that are established in common between the States of Nevada and California, and an acquittal or conviction and sentence by one state shall bar a prosecution for the same act or omission by the other.(d) This compact does not authorize any conduct prohibited by a party state.(e) This compact shall become operative when ratified by law by the party states and shall remain in full force and effect so long as the provisions of this compact, as ratified by the State of Nevada, remain substantively the same as the provisions of this compact, as ratified by this section. This compact may be amended in the same manner as is required for it to become operative.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 526, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996. [Note: This section constitutes the primary text of the California-Nevada Compact for Jurisdiction on Interstate Waters, with subd. (e) providing for its operation and amendment. Section 853.3 provides for ratification of the compact.])
CA Penal Code § 893 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 1 - Qualifications of Grand Jurors|Section 893.

893.  (a) A person is competent to act as a grand juror only if he possesses each of the following qualifications:(1) He is a citizen of the United States of the age of 18 years or older who shall have been a resident of the state and of the county or city and county for one year immediately before being selected and returned.(2) He is in possession of his natural faculties, of ordinary intelligence, of sound judgment, and of fair character.(3) He is possessed of sufficient knowledge of the English language.(b) A person is not competent to act as a grand juror if any of the following apply:(1) The person is serving as a trial juror in any court of this state.(2) The person has been discharged as a grand juror in any court of this state within one year.(3) The person has been convicted of malfeasance in office or any felony or other high crime.(4) The person is serving as an elected public officer.(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 416.)
CA Penal Code § 894 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 1 - Qualifications of Grand Jurors|Section 894.

894.  Sections 204, 218, and 219 of the Code of Civil Procedure specify the exemptions and the excuses which relieve a person from liability to serve as a grand juror.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1416, Sec. 37.)
CA Penal Code § 895 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 2 - Listing and Selection of Grand Jurors|Section 895.

895.  During the month preceding the beginning of the fiscal year of the county, the superior court of each county shall make an order designating the estimated number of grand jurors that will, in the opinion of the court, be required for the transaction of the business of the court during the ensuing fiscal year as provided in Section 905.5.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 393.)
CA Penal Code § 896 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 2 - Listing and Selection of Grand Jurors|Section 896.

896.  (a) Immediately after an order is made pursuant to Section 895, the court shall select the grand jurors required by personal interview for the purpose of ascertaining whether they possess the qualifications prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 893. If a person so interviewed, in the opinion of the court, possesses the necessary qualifications, in order to be listed the person shall sign a statement declaring that the person will be available for jury service for the number of hours usually required of a member of the grand jury in that county.(b) The selections shall be made of men and women who are not exempt from serving and who are suitable and competent to serve as grand jurors pursuant to Sections 893, 898, and 899. The court shall list the persons so selected and required by the order to serve as grand jurors during the ensuing fiscal year of the county, or until a new list of grand jurors is provided, and shall at once place this list in the possession of the jury commissioner.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 69. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Penal Code § 898 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 2 - Listing and Selection of Grand Jurors|Section 898.

898.  The list of grand jurors made in a county having a population in excess of four million shall contain the number of persons which has been designated by the court in its order.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 259.)
CA Penal Code § 899 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 2 - Listing and Selection of Grand Jurors|Section 899.

899.  The names for the grand jury list shall be selected from the different wards, judicial districts, or supervisorial districts of the respective counties in proportion to the number of inhabitants therein, as nearly as the same can be estimated by the persons making the lists. The grand jury list shall be kept separate and distinct from the trial jury list. In a county of the first class, the names for such list may be selected from the county at large.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 64.)
CA Penal Code § 900 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 2 - Listing and Selection of Grand Jurors|Section 900.

900.  On receiving the list of persons selected by the court, the jury commissioner shall file it in the jury commissioner’s office and have the list, which shall include the name of the judge who selected each person on the list, published one time in a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6000 of the Government Code, in the county. The jury commissioner shall then do either of the following:(a) Write down the names on the list onto separate pieces of paper of the same size and appearance, fold each piece so as to conceal the name, and deposit the pieces in a box to be called the “grand jury box.”(b) Assign a number to each name on the list and place, in a box to be called the “grand jury box,” markers of the same size, shape, and color, each containing a number which corresponds with a number on the list.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 70. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Penal Code § 901 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 2 - Listing and Selection of Grand Jurors|Section 901.

901.  (a) The persons whose names are so returned shall be known as regular jurors, and shall serve for one year and until other persons are selected and returned.(b) If the superior court so decides, the presiding judge may name up to 10 regular jurors not previously so named, who served on the previous grand jury and who so consent, to serve for a second year.(c) The court may also decide to select grand jurors pursuant to Section 908.2.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 886, Sec. 1.)
CA Penal Code § 902 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 2 - Listing and Selection of Grand Jurors|Section 902.

902.  The names of persons drawn for grand jurors shall be drawn from the grand jury box by withdrawing either the pieces of paper placed therein pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 900 or the markers placed therein pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 900. If, at the end of the fiscal year of the county, there are the names of persons in the grand jury box who have not been drawn during the fiscal year to serve and have not served as grand jurors, the names of such persons may be placed on the list of grand jurors drawn for the succeeding fiscal year.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 393.)
CA Penal Code § 903.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 3 - Jury Commissioners|Section 903.1.

903.1.  Pursuant to written rules or instructions adopted by a majority of the judges of the superior court of the county, the jury commissioner shall furnish the judges of the court annually a list of persons qualified to serve as grand jurors during the ensuing fiscal year of the county, or until a new list of jurors is required. From time to time, a majority of the judges of the superior court may adopt such rules or instructions as may be necessary for the guidance of the jury commissioner, who shall at all times be under the supervision and control of the judges of the court. Any list of jurors prepared pursuant to this article must, however, meet the requirements of Section 899.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 393.)
CA Penal Code § 903.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 3 - Jury Commissioners|Section 903.2.

903.2.  The jury commissioner shall diligently inquire and inform himself or herself in respect to the qualifications of persons resident in his or her county who may be liable to be summoned for grand jury duty. He or she may require a person to answer, under oath to be administered by him or her, all questions as he or she may address to that person, touching his or her name, age, residence, occupation, and qualifications as a grand juror, and also all questions as to similar matters concerning other persons of whose qualifications for grand jury duty he or she has knowledge.The commissioner and his or her assistants, referred to in Sections 69895 and 69896 of the Government Code, shall have the power to administer oaths and shall be allowed actual traveling expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Those traveling expenses shall be audited, allowed, and paid out of the general fund of the county.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 179. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Penal Code § 903.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 3 - Jury Commissioners|Section 903.3.

903.3.  Pursuant to the rules or instructions adopted by a majority of the judges of the superior court, the jury commissioner shall return to the judges the list of persons recommended by him for grand jury duty. The judges of the superior court shall examine the jury list so returned and from such list a majority of the judges may select, to serve as grand jurors in the superior court of the county during the ensuing year or until a new list of jurors is required, such persons as, in their opinion, should be selected for grand jury duty. The persons so selected shall, in the opinion of the judges selecting them, be persons suitable and competent to serve as jurors, as required by law.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 501.)
CA Penal Code § 903.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 3 - Jury Commissioners|Section 903.4.

903.4.  The judges are not required to select any name from the list returned by the jury commissioner, but may, if in their judgment the due administration of justice requires, make every or any selection from among the body of persons in the county suitable and competent to serve as grand jurors regardless of the list returned by the jury commissioner.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 214. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Penal Code § 904 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 4 - Impaneling of Grand Jury|Section 904.

904.  Every superior court, whenever in its opinion the public interest so requires, shall make and file with the jury commissioner an order directing a grand jury to be drawn. The order shall designate the number of grand jurors to be drawn, which may not be less than 29 nor more than 40 in counties having a population exceeding four million and not less than 25 nor more than 30 in other counties.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 72. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Penal Code § 904.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 4 - Impaneling of Grand Jury|Section 904.4.

904.4.  (a) In any county having a population of more than 370,000 but less than 400,000 as established by Section 28020 of the Government Code, the presiding judge of the superior court, upon application by the district attorney, may order and direct the drawing and impanelment at any time of one additional grand jury. (b) The presiding judge may select persons, at random, from the list of trial jurors in civil and criminal cases and shall examine them to determine if they are competent to serve as grand jurors. When a sufficient number of competent persons have been selected, they shall constitute the additional grand jury. (c) Any additional grand jury which is impaneled pursuant to this section may serve for a period of one year from the date of impanelment, but may be discharged at any time within the one-year period by order of the presiding judge. In no event shall more than one additional grand jury be impaneled pursuant to this section at the same time. (d) Whenever an additional grand jury is impaneled pursuant to this section, it may inquire into any matters that are subject to grand jury inquiry and shall have the sole and exclusive jurisdiction to return indictments, except for any matters that the regular grand jury is inquiring into at the time of its impanelment. (e) If an additional grand jury is also authorized by another section, the county may impanel the additional grand jury authorized by this section, or by the other section, but not both.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1109, Sec. 1.)
CA Penal Code § 904.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 4 - Impaneling of Grand Jury|Section 904.6.

904.6.  (a) In any county or city and county, the presiding judge of the superior court, or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the grand jury, may, upon the request of the Attorney General or the district attorney or upon his or her own motion, order and direct the impanelment, of one additional grand jury pursuant to this section.(b) The presiding judge or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the grand jury shall select persons, at random, from the list of trial jurors in civil and criminal cases and shall examine them to determine if they are competent to serve as grand jurors. When a sufficient number of competent persons have been selected, they shall constitute the additional grand jury.(c) Any additional grand jury which is impaneled pursuant to this section may serve for a period of one year from the date of impanelment, but may be discharged at any time within the one-year period by order of the presiding judge or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the grand jury. In no event shall more than one additional grand jury be impaneled pursuant to this section at the same time.(d) Whenever an additional grand jury is impaneled pursuant to this section, it may inquire into any matters which are subject to grand jury inquiry and shall have the sole and exclusive jurisdiction to return indictments, except for any matters which the regular grand jury is inquiring into at the time of its impanelment.(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that all persons qualified for jury service shall have an equal opportunity to be considered for service as criminal grand jurors in the county in which they reside, and that they have an obligation to serve, when summoned for that purpose. All persons selected for the additional criminal grand jury shall be selected at random from a source or sources reasonably representative of a cross section of the population which is eligible for jury service in the county.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 25, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Penal Code § 904.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 4 - Impaneling of Grand Jury|Section 904.7.

904.7.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 904.6 or any other provision, in the County of San Bernardino, the presiding judge of the superior court, or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the grand jury, may, upon the request of the Attorney General or the district attorney or upon his or her own motion, order and direct the impanelment of an additional civil grand jury pursuant to this section.(b) The presiding judge or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the grand jury shall select persons, at random, from the list of trial jurors in civil and criminal cases and shall examine them to determine if they are competent to serve as grand jurors. When a sufficient number of competent persons have been selected, they shall constitute an additional grand jury.(c) Any additional civil grand jury that is impaneled pursuant to this section may serve for a term as determined by the presiding judge or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the civil grand jury, but may be discharged at any time within the set term by order of the presiding judge or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the civil grand jury. In no event shall more than one additional civil grand jury be impaneled pursuant to this section at the same time.(d) Whenever an additional civil grand jury is impaneled pursuant to this section, it may inquire into matters of oversight, conduct investigations, issue reports, and make recommendations, except for any matters that the regular grand jury is inquiring into at the time of its impanelment. Any additional civil grand jury impaneled pursuant to this section shall not have jurisdiction to issue indictments.(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in the County of San Bernardino, all persons qualified for jury service shall have an equal opportunity to be considered for service as grand jurors within the county, and that they have an obligation to serve, when summoned for that purpose. All persons selected for an additional grand jury shall be selected at random from a source or sources reasonably representative of a cross section of the population that is eligible for jury service in the county.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 304, Sec. 7. (SB 428) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Penal Code § 904.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 4 - Impaneling of Grand Jury|Section 904.8.

904.8.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 904.6 or any other provision, in the County of Los Angeles, the presiding judge of the superior court, or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the grand jury, may, upon the request of the Attorney General or the district attorney or upon his or her own motion, order and direct the impanelment of up to two additional grand juries pursuant to this section.(b) The presiding judge or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the grand jury shall select persons, at random, from the list of trial jurors in civil and criminal cases and shall examine them to determine if they are competent to serve as grand jurors. When a sufficient number of competent persons have been selected, they shall constitute an additional grand jury.(c) Any additional grand juries that are impaneled pursuant to this section may serve for a period of one year from the date of impanelment, but may be discharged at any time within the one-year period by order of the presiding judge or the judge appointed by the presiding judge to supervise the grand jury. In no event shall more than two additional grand juries be impaneled pursuant to this section at the same time.(d) Whenever additional grand juries are impaneled pursuant to this section, they may inquire into any matters that are subject to grand jury inquiry and shall have the sole and exclusive jurisdiction to return indictments, except for any matters that the regular grand jury is inquiring into at the time of its impanelment.(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in the County of Los Angeles, all persons qualified for jury service shall have an equal opportunity to be considered for service as criminal grand jurors within the county, and that they have an obligation to serve, when summoned for that purpose. All persons selected for an additional criminal grand jury shall be selected at random from a source or sources reasonably representative of a cross section of the population that is eligible for jury service in the county.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 82, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Penal Code § 905 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 4 - Impaneling of Grand Jury|Section 905.

905.  In all counties there shall be at least one grand jury drawn and impaneled in each year.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1408, Sec. 3.)
CA Penal Code § 905.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 4 - GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Grand Jury|ARTICLE 4 - Impaneling of Grand Jury|Section 905.5.

905.5.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the grand jury shall be impaneled and serve during the fiscal year of the county in the manner provided in this chapter.(b) The board of supervisors of a county may provide that the grand jury shall be impaneled and serve during the calendar year. The board of supervisors shall provide for an appropriate transition from fiscal year term to calendar year term or from calendar year term to fiscal year term for the grand jury. The provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 901 shall not be deemed a limitation on any appropriate transition provisions as determined by resolution or ordinance; and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no transition grand jury shall serve more than 18 months.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 344, Sec. 1. Effective July 10, 1984.)