At the request of the sheriff, coroner, or other ministerial officer, the jury commissioner shall provide such prospective jurors as may be required to form a jury of inquest. Prospective jurors so provided shall be selected, obligated, and compensated in the same manner as other jurors selected under the provisions of this chapter.
§ 235.Provision of prospective jurors; Juries of inquest
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 235 addresses how prospective jurors are provided for a jury of inquest, the older, investigative category of jury that § 193 recognizes separately from the trial jury that hears civil and criminal cases.
Full Text of § 235
Plain-English Summary
Section 235 rounds out the chapter’s coverage of the jury of inquest, the historical category § 193 recognizes alongside grand juries and trial juries. It addresses providing prospective jurors for that kind of proceeding.
Because juries of inquest are a much less commonly used device today than trial juries, this section sees far less use in ordinary civil and criminal practice than the sections built around trial jury selection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a jury of inquest?
Section 193 defines it as one of California’s three recognized kinds of juries, alongside grand juries and trial juries; §§ 235 and 236 fill in more of how it works.
Does Section 235 apply to ordinary civil jury trials?
No. It addresses providing jurors for a jury of inquest, a distinct and far less commonly used category from the trial jury that hears civil cases.
How does a jury of inquest get its jurors?
Section 235 addresses providing prospective jurors for that purpose, separately from the trial jury selection machinery in the rest of this chapter.
Amendment History
Added Stats 1988 ch 1245 § 2.
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Last verified July 28, 2026.
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