This chapter applies to the selection of jurors, and the formation of trial juries, for both civil and criminal cases, in all trial courts of the state.
§ 192.Application of chapter
Title 3. Persons Specially Invested With Powers of a Judicial Nature · Chapter 1. Trial Jury Selection and Management Act · Enacted 1988 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 192 sets the reach of the Trial Jury Selection and Management Act, tying its selection-and-management rules to jury service in California’s courts and the proceedings the rest of the chapter addresses.
Full Text of § 192
Plain-English Summary
Section 192 marks the boundary of the chapter. It tells a reader that the rules on source lists, questionnaires, summonses, and challenges that follow are the rules that apply to jury service under this Act, rather than to every conceivable jury-like body a court might use.
Because it is a scope provision rather than a substantive rule, § 192 is rarely the center of a dispute. It works quietly, in the background, framing how the rest of Chapter 1 should be read.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Section 192 do?
It defines the scope of the Trial Jury Selection and Management Act, marking which jury proceedings the chapter’s rules govern.
Do I need to read Section 192 before the other jury sections?
It helps to, since it frames the chapter, but the day-to-day mechanics of jury service are set out in the sections that follow, starting with the definitions in § 194.
Does Section 192 create any jury-selection procedure of its own?
Amendment History
Added Stats 1988 ch 1245 § 2.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 28, 2026.
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