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Cal. Penal Code § 1036

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Chapter 6: Change of Venue, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 1036

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 1036Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
(a) Unless the court reserves jurisdiction to hear other pretrial motions, if a defendant is incarcerated and the court orders a change of venue to another county, the court shall direct the sheriff to deliver the defendant to the custody of the sheriff of the other county for the purpose of trial. (b) If the defendant is incarcerated and the court orders that the jury be selected from the county to which the venue would otherwise have been transferred pursuant to Section 1036.7, the court shall direct the sheriff to deliver the defendant to the custody of the sheriff of that county for the purpose of jury selection.

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