Connecticut General Statutes
Title 51 - Courts
Chapter 884 - Jurors

Section 51-217. - Qualification of jurors. - (a) All jurors shall be electors, individuals lawfully admitted for...

Section 51-217a. - Jurors excused from service. Option to be considered for service. - (a) A person shall be excused from jury service during...

Section 51-217b. - Information for prospective jurors. Postponement of jury service or accommodations for breastfeeding women. - (a) The Judicial Branch shall maintain on its Internet web...

Section 51-218 and 51-219. - Jury service for women. Exemption from jury service. - Sections 51-218 and 51-219 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7907,...

Section 51-219a. - Duties and powers of Jury Administrator. - (a) The Jury Administrator, who is appointed in accordance with...

Section 51-219b. - How to determine number of jurors to be summoned. - (a) In determining the number of jurors to be summoned...

Section 51-219c. - Adjustment in number of jurors. - If it is determined that any estimate by the chief...

Section 51-220. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Number of jurors for each town. - The number of jurors to be chosen from each town...

Section 51-220a. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Use of electronic processing in selection and summoning of jurors. - Electronic data processing and similar equipment may be used in...

Section 51-221 and 51-222. - Jury committees; selection of jurors. Towns failing to file lists of jurors. - Sections 51-221 and 51-222 are repealed, effective October 1, 1997....

Section 51-222a. - Preparation of master or final list. - (a) Annually, upon the request of the Jury Administrator, the...

Section 51-223. - State Jury Commission. Inquiry blanks. Jury lists. - Section 51-223 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7912; 1949, 1951,...

Section 51-224. - Incomplete list. Preparation of subsequent list. - If a registrar of voters of a town, after a...

Section 51-225 to 51-228. - Compensation of members of State Jury Commission. Designation of clerks. Preparation of slips with jurors' names and placement in jury boxes. Summoning of jurors for court in Tolland County from Manchester and in Middlesex... - Sections 51-225 to 51-228, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-229. - Additional jurors may be drawn at any time. - The Superior Court may, at any time, at its discretion,...

Section 51-230. - Drawing of jurors in judicial districts. - Section 51-230 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7915; 1949, 1953,...

Section 51-231. - Drawing of jurors. - Section 51-231 is repealed, effective October 1, 1997. (1955, S....

Section 51-231a. - Clerk to furnish slips containing the names of jurors. - Section 51-231a is repealed. (P.A. 75-26, S. 4, 8; P.A....

Section 51-232. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Summoning of jurors. Juror questionnaire. Reduction of panel. Courthouse. - (a) The Jury Administrator shall send to each juror drawn,...

Section 51-232a. - Modification of date, location or other condition of juror service. - The Jury Administrator may modify the date, location or other...

Section 51-232b. - Limitation re summons for jury duty. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 51-217a and 51-238a, when the...

Section 51-233. - Verdict not affected by irregularities in summoning jurors. - No verdict may be set aside on account of any...

Section 51-234. - Accommodations for jury panel. - The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall provide a...

Section 51-235 and 51-236. - Summoning of justice jurors. Return of jury warrant; fine. - Sections 51-235 and 51-236 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7923,...

Section 51-237. - Jurors failing to appear. - Each juror, duly chosen, drawn and summoned, who fails to...

Section 51-237a. - Permission for juror to be absent. - Any juror summoned to appear may, in the discretion of...

Section 51-238. - Judge may direct juror attendance. - Jurors attending court held by any judge may be directed...

Section 51-238a. - Length of term of service as juror. - The length of the term of service for jurors shall...

Section 51-239. - Selection of panel. - The clerk of the court, in impaneling the jury for...

Section 51-239a. (Formerly Sec. 51-164e). - Transfer of trial to jury session. - Section 51-239a is repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S. 33; 1971,...

Section 51-239b. (Formerly Sec. 51-164d). - Waiver of jury in civil actions. - In civil actions a jury shall be deemed waived unless...

Section 51-240. - Examination of jurors in civil actions. - (a) In any civil action tried before a jury, either...

Section 51-241. - Peremptory challenges in civil actions. - On the trial of any civil action to a jury,...

Section 51-243. - Alternate jurors in civil cases. - (a) In any civil action to be tried to the...

Section 51-243a. - Orientation of jurors. - (a) All oral, written or audio-visual material presented to the...

Section 51-244. - Jurors attending Court of Common Pleas may try civil and criminal causes at same term. - Section 51-244 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7920; 1963, P.A....

Section 51-245. - Duty of jurors. Prohibited conversations. Fines. Assistance of interpreter for jurors who are deaf or hard of hearing. - (a) After a cause has been committed to a jury,...

Section 51-245a. - Rules re qualification of interpreters to assist jurors who are deaf or hard of hearing. - In accordance with the provisions of section 51-14, the judges...

Section 51-246. - Court may require jury to remain together in certain cases. - In the trial of any case involving a crime punishable...

Section 51-247. - Compensation of jurors. Guidelines re reimbursement of expenses. - (a) Each full-time employed juror shall be paid regular wages...

Section 51-247a. - Employer not to discharge employee or require additional hours work for jury service. Eight hours jury duty deemed a legal day's work. Penalty. Action for recovery of wages and reinstatement. Liability of employer for failure to co... - (a) An employer shall not deprive an employee of his...

Section 51-247b. - Prohibition on former juror serving as consultant. - No person who serves as a juror in the trial...

Section 51-247c. - Court may excuse compensation of juror. Waiver application. Juror service certificate. Filing of application. - (a) Upon written application on a form prescribed by the...