Government
Oct. 9, 2012
Governor signs bill to clarify jury fees rules
The new law corrects an inadvertent, but often extreme, increase in jury fees. By Brian S. Kabateck and Dominique Nasr of Kabateck Brown & Kellner LLP
Good news, on Sept. 17, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1481 into law, amending California Code of Civil Procedure Section 631 and thereby correcting an inadvertent, but often extreme, increase in jury fees. AB 1481 explicitly limits jury fees to a single $150 deposit per side in a case.
On June 27, in an effort to help the budget crisis, the secretary of state filed and Brown approved Senate Bil...
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