Sections
10 entriesSection 630.20Requires limited civil actions and special proceedings to use mandatory expedited jury trials, with opt-outs for listed circumstances including punitive damages, certain…Section 630.21Defines a mandatory expedited jury trial as a jury trial before a reduced panel and judge under the chapter, and a high/low…Section 630.22Sets the chapter and implementing court rules to govern mandatory expedited jury trials in limited civil cases unless the parties make a…Section 630.23Sets mandatory expedited jury trials to give each side up to five hours for voir dire and presentation, use eight jurors plus…Section 630.24Allows a jury to deliberate for as long as it needs. The provision imposes no maximum deliberation period and preserves the jury’s…Section 630.25Requires evidence rules to apply in mandatory expedited jury trials in limited civil cases unless the parties stipulate otherwise, while preserving all…Section 630.26Requires six votes from an eight-member expedited jury to return a verdict unless the parties stipulate to a different voting requirement. In…Section 630.27Requires all statutes and rules governing costs and attorney’s fees to apply in limited civil cases conducted as mandatory expedited jury trials.…Section 630.28Requires the Judicial Council, on or before July 1, 2016, to adopt rules and forms creating uniform procedures for the chapter. Those…Section 630.29Sets July 1, 2016, as the operative date for the specified group of expedited-jury-trial provisions. Those sections become operative together on that…