The Superior Court of California, County of Lassen, is looking for community members to serve on the 2024-2025 Lassen County Grand Jury. The year-long service is rewarding, educational and a crucial part of local civic oversight. If you want to truly understand the most intricate workings of the governmental bodies in our area, this is for you.
Every year, in each of California’s 58 counties, a group of ordinary citizens takes an oath to serve as grand jurors. Its function is to investigate the operations of the various officers, departments and agencies of local government. Each Civil Grand Jury determines which officers, departments and agencies it will investigate during its term of office.
All qualified persons are encouraged and welcome to apply for grand jury service.
What are the requirements to be a grand juror?
Penal Code section 893 states that a person is qualified to be a grand juror if he or she:
• Is a citizen of the United States,
• Is at least 18 years old,
• Has been a resident of the county for at least one year immediately prior to selection,
• Possesses ordinary intelligence, sound judgment, and good character, and
• Possesses a sufficient knowledge of the English language to communicate both orally and in writing.
There are only four disqualifiers. A person is ineligible to act as a grand juror if he or she:
• Is serving as a trial juror in a state court at the time of selection,
• Has been discharged from grand jury service within the preceding year,
• Has been convicted of malfeasance in office or any felony or other high crime, or
• Is serving as an elected public officer.
No particular background, training or experience is necessary to be a grand juror. In fact, according to the court, it is the diversity of its members that is one of the grand jury’s greatest strengths.
Interested applicants should contact the Jury Commissioner no later than May 30th, at 5:00p.m., by phone at (530) 251-8205, or in-person at 2610 Riverside Drive in Susanville.
You can click here to visit the court’s Grand Jury page, which includes the Jury Questionnaire.
