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Section 1 - Application of Chapter to Particular Counties - Section 1. This chapter shall apply in every county in...
Section 2 - Judicial Districts; Eligibility for Jury Service - Section 2. The judicial districts for purposes of this chapter...
Section 3 - Juror Service - Section 3. Juror service in the participating counties shall be...
Section 4 - Disqualification From Juror Service - Section 4. Any citizen of the United States who is...
Section 5 - Office of Jury Commissioner - Section 5. There shall be an office of jury commissioner...
Section 6 - Jury Management Advisory Committee - Section 6. A jury management advisory committee, consisting of six...
Section 7 - Jury Commissioner and Staff; Appointment; Salaries - Section 7. The office of jury commissioner shall be composed...
Section 8 - Rules of Court; Regulations - Section 8. The supreme judicial court may make and amend...
Section 9 - Liability of Cities and Towns - Section 9. The mayor, city manager, or other executive head...
Section 10 - Numbered Resident List - Section 10. On or before the first day of June...
Section 11 - Numbered Resident File - Section 11. On or before the first day of June...
Section 12 - Number of Prospective Jurors - Section 12. On or before the first day of July...
Section 13 - Random Selection of Prospective Jurors - Section 13. On or before the first day of September...
Section 14 - Typewritten Lists From Cities and Towns Not Submitting Numbered Resident Files - Section 14. On or before the first day of August...
Section 15 - Preparation of Prospective Juror List - Section 15. On or before the first day of September...
Section 16 - Master Juror List; Random Shuffling; Summoning Jurors in Sequence - Section 16. On or before the first day of October...
Section 17 - Letter of Venire - Section 17. At least twelve weeks prior to the time...
Section 18 - Discretionary Determination of Number of Jurors to Be Summoned - Section 18. At least twelve weeks prior to the commencement...
Section 19 - Juror Summons; Contents; Postcard Summons - Section 19. At least twelve weeks prior to the commencement...
Section 20 - Notice of Qualifications for Juror Service for Each Juror Summoned - Section 20. The office of jury commissioner shall provide a...
Section 21 - Juror Confirmation Form Included With Summons Other Than Postcard Summons - Section 21. Enclosed with a juror summons shall be a...
Section 22 - Confidential Juror Questionnaire for Each Prospective Juror - Section 22. The office of jury commissioner shall provide a...
Section 23 - Use of Juror Questionnaire During Voir Dire - Section 23. Unless the court orders otherwise, the clerk of...
Section 24 - Response to Postcard Summons; Response to Juror Summons Sent by First-Class Mail - Section 24. (a) Each grand and trial juror shall respond...
Section 25 - Final Summons - Section 25. Each grand and trial juror from whom the...
Section 26 - Summoning of Additional Grand or Trial Jurors; Response; Final Summons - Section 26. (a) Not later than the sixth week preceding...
Section 27 - Time and Manner of Service of Additional Jurors - Section 27. The office of jury commissioner may summon additional...
Section 27a - Questioning of Summoned Juror - Section 27A. After a summons has been received by a...
Section 28 - Cancellation of Juror Service - Section 28. The office of jury commissioner may cancel grand...
Section 29 - Modification of Juror Service - Section 29. The office of jury commissioner may modify the...
Section 30 - Standby Jurors - Section 30. The office of jury commissioner or the court...
Section 30a - Talesmen - Section 30A. If, by challenge or otherwise, a sufficient number...
Section 31 - Presentation by Juror to Clerk of Summons, Questionnaire and Notices - Section 31. On the first day of his term of...
Section 32 - Wilful Misrepresentations in Juror Questionnaire - Section 32. Any juror or other person who wilfully misrepresents...
Section 33 - Criminal History Records of Jurors - Section 33. The court, the office of jury commissioner, and...
Section 34 - Postponement of Term of Juror Service - Section 34. A trial juror shall have the right to...
Section 35 - Juror Service Performed at Any Location Within Judicial District - Section 35. Grand and trial jurors shall be summoned at...
Section 36 - Notice of Date of Postponement or Request for Location Transfer - Section 36. Not later than two weeks after the receipt...
Section 37 - Postponement for Reasons of Important Business of Commonwealth or United States - Section 37. The legislative, executive, and judicial departments of the...
Section 38 - Availability for Juror Service by Telephone Notice - Section 38. A grand or trial juror may be permitted...
Section 39 - Deferment or Advancement Of, or Excuse From, Juror Service; Term Limitations; Dismissal or Discharge of Juror - Section 39. The court or the office of jury commissioner...
Section 40 - Length of Trial; Excuse of Juror - Section 40. In the event a trial is expected by...
Section 41 - Length of Term of Service of Jurors - Section 41. The length of the term of service for...
Section 42 - Enforcement of Chapter - Section 42. The court shall take whatever actions are appropriate...
Section 43 - Delinquency Notice - Section 43. The office of jury commissioner may send a...
Section 44 - Criminal Complaint for Delinquent Juror - Section 44. The office of jury commissioner may prepare an...
Section 45 - Studies, Research and New Procedures - Section 45. The office of jury commissioner shall perform studies,...
Section 46 - Delegation of Authority to Jury Commissioner - Section 46. The committee or the court may delegate to...
Section 47 - Compensation and Reimbursement Policy - Section 47. The compensation and reimbursement policy of this chapter...
Section 48 - Payment of Regularly Employed Jurors - Section 48. Each regularly employed trial or grand juror shall...
Section 49 - Employers or Self-Employed Jurors Excused From Payment - Section 49. The court shall have the authority to excuse...
Section 50 - Reimbursement of Unemployed Jurors for Expenses - Section 50. Each unemployed trial or grand juror upon application...
Section 51 - Payment of Trial Juror by Commonwealth - Section 51. Each trial juror who serves more than three...
Section 52 - Grand Juror Financial Questionnaire - Section 52. Upon the commencement of grand juror service, each...
Section 53 - Private Hearing to Determine Rate of Compensation of Grand Juror - Section 53. On the first day of grand juror service,...
Section 54 - Payment of Grand Juror by Commonwealth - Section 54. Each grand juror who serves more than three...
Section 55 - Compensation of Absent, Alternate, Standby Jurors and Jurors on Telephone Notice; Credit During Adjournments - Section 55. A juror, including a standby juror and a...
Section 56 - Special Awards of Compensation and Reimbursement; Expenses; Special Arrangements - Section 56. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the court...
Section 56a - Meals for Jurors in Accordance With Their Religious Requirements - Section 56A. The court shall provide, upon request of a...
Section 57 - Juror Service Certificate; Contents - Section 57. The juror service certificate shall contain the name...
Section 58 - Juror Service Certificates; Tender to Employer for Compensation - Section 58. The office of jury commissioner shall provide juror...
Section 59 - Form of Payment of Grand and Trial Jurors Paid by Commonwealth - Section 59. Grand and trial jurors in participating counties shall...
Section 60 - Employer Liability for Failure to Pay Juror-Employee - Section 60. Any employer who fails to compensate a juror-employee...
Section 61 - Violation of Sec. 60; Harassment, Etc. of Employee - Section 61. Any willful violation of section sixty of this...
Section 62 - Trial Juror's Handbook - Section 62. Not later than ten days prior to the...
Section 63 - Telephone Lines Established by Office of Jury Commissioner - Section 63. The office of jury commissioner, with the approval...
Section 64 - Juror Orientation - Section 64. On the first morning of juror service, grand...
Section 65 - Welcoming Address to Jurors - Section 65. Following the juror orientation program, a member of...
Section 66 - Judicial Discretion Hearing With Juror or Employer - Section 66. Following the welcome to the jurors, the court...
Section 67 - List of Grand and Trial Jurors Expected to Appear Sent or Delivered to Appropriate Clerks of Court - Section 67. Not later than ten days in advance of...
Section 67a - Examination of Jurors - Section 67A. Upon motion of either party, the court shall,...
Section 67b - Peremptory Challenges - Section 67B. In a civil case each party shall be...
Section 67c - Certain Interests Not to Disqualify - Section 67C. In indictments and penal actions for the recovery...
Section 67d - Voir Dire Procedures - Section 67D. Notwithstanding section 67A, the following procedures shall govern...
Section 68 - Additional Jurors Impanelled; Alternate Jurors - Section 68. In every twelve-person jury case, the court shall...
Section 68a - Foreperson - Section 68A. After a jury has been impanelled and sworn,...
Section 68b - Number of Jurors Required to Render Verdict; Instructions on Sufficient Numbers - Section 68B. In any civil action the jury shall be...
Section 68c - Failure of Jury to Agree - Section 68C. If a jury, after due and thorough deliberation,...
Section 69 - Translators for Deaf Jurors - Section 69. A translator may assist a deaf juror during...
Section 69a - View by Jury - Section 69A. The court may, upon motion, allow the jury...
Section 70 - Instruction to Jury as to Occupation or Reputation of Other Jurors - Section 70. Upon motion of a party, or whenever the...
Section 71 - Fraud in Processing or Selection of Jurors or Prospective Jurors - Section 71. Whoever is guilty of fraud in the processing...
Section 72 - Preservation of Official Records and Papers Compiled and Maintained by Office of Jury Commissioner - Section 72. All official records and papers compiled and maintained...
Section 73 - Challenge of Array - Section 73. A party may challenge the composition of the...
Section 74 - Irregularities or Defects Causing Mistrial or Verdict to Be Set Aside - Section 74. Any irregularity in compiling any list of jurors...
Section 74a - Gratuities - Section 74A. If either party to a case at the...
Section 75 - Use of Data Processing Equipment, Etc. and Electronic Telecommunications Systems - Section 75. The use of data processing equipment, methods, services,...
Section 76 - Contracts and Agreements With, and Gifts, Etc. From Governmental Units - Section 76. The jury commissioner, may in accordance with applicable...
Section 77 - Contracts, Agreements, Gifts, etc.; Deposit of Funds - Section 77. The jury commissioner, with the approval of the...
Section 78 - Management of Jurors by Individual Courts - Section 78. Each court that receives jurors under this chapter...
Section 79 - Annual Report of Jury Commissioner - Section 79. On or before the first day of April...
Section 80 - Annual Conference of Participants - Section 80. On or before the first day of June...