California Code
CHAPTER 5 - Trial by the Court
Section 631.5.

631.5. In all cases of eminent domain the deposits of jury fees and mileage provided for in section 631 of this code shall be made by the party seeking condemnation regardless of which party shall have demanded a jury trial, and the trial shall not proceed until such deposits are made.

(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 806.)