California Penal Code ARTICLE 4 - Impaneling of Grand Jury

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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.)
• Section 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...
• Section 906.
  The order shall designate the time at which the drawing will take place. The names of the grand jurors shall be drawn, and the list...
• Section 907.
  Any grand juror summoned, who willfully and without reasonable excuse fails to attend, may be attached and compelled to attend and the court may also...
• Section 908.
  If the required number of the persons summoned as grand jurors are present and not excused, the required number shall constitute the grand jury. If...
• Section 908.1.
  When, after the grand jury consisting of the required number of persons has been impaneled pursuant to law, the membership is reduced for any reason,...
• Section 908.2.
  (a) Upon the decision of the superior court pursuant to Section 901 to adopt this method of selecting grand jurors, when the required number of persons...
• Section 909.
  Before accepting a person drawn as a grand juror, the court shall be satisfied that such person is duly qualified to act as such juror....
• Section 910.
  No challenge shall be made or allowed to the panel from which the grand jury is drawn, nor to an individual grand juror, except when...
• Section 911.
  The following oath shall be taken by each member of the grand jury: “I do solemnly swear (affirm) that I will support the Constitution of...
• Section 912.
  From the persons summoned to serve as grand jurors and appearing, the court shall appoint a foreman. The court shall also appoint a foreman when...
• Section 913.
  If a grand jury is not in existence, the Attorney General may demand the impaneling of a grand jury by those charged with the duty...

Last modified: October 22, 2018