7A-312. Uniform fees for jurors; meals.
(a) A juror in the General Court of Justice including a petit juror, or a coroner's juror, but excluding a grand juror, shall receive twelve dollars ($12.00) for the first day of service and twenty dollars ($20.00) per day afterwards, except that if any person serves as a juror for more than five days in any 24-month period, the juror shall receive forty dollars ($40.00) per day for each day of service in excess of five days. A grand juror shall receive twenty dollars ($20.00) per day. A juror required to remain overnight at the site of the trial shall be furnished adequate accommodations and subsistence. If required by the presiding judge to remain in a body during the trial of a case, meals shall be furnished the jurors during the period of sequestration. Jurors from out of the county summoned to sit on a special venire shall receive mileage at the same rate as State employees. Persons summoned as jurors shall be exempt during their period of service from paying a ferry toll required under G.S. 136-82 to travel to and from their homes and the site of that service.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Administrative Office of the Courts may select a judicial district to operate a pilot program in which a juror may waive payment of the per diem fees provided for in that subsection. A juror waiving the fee may designate that the fee be used for any of the following services, if such services are provided in the district: (i) client treatment and service programs associated with a drug treatment or DWI treatment court program; (ii) courthouse self-help centers; (iii) courthouse child care centers; (iv) legal aid programs operated by a nonprofit corporation operating within the district; and (v) the Crime Victims Compensation Fund. If no such services are provided within the district, then waived fees are transferred to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund. (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1967, c. 1169; 1969, c. 1190, s. 32; 1971, c. 377, s. 26; 1973, c. 503, s. 19; 1979, c. 985; 1983, c. 881, ss. 2, 3; 1989, c. 646, s. 2; 1995, c. 324, ss. 21.1(a), (c); 2006-66, s. 14.17; 2006-187, s. 9; 2007-393, s. 16; 2012-180, s. 13.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 7A - Judicial Department
Article 28 - Uniform Costs and Fees in the Trial Divisions.
§ 7A-304 - Costs in criminal actions.
§ 7A-305 - Costs in civil actions.
§ 7A-305.1 - Discovery, fee on filing verified petition.
§ 7A-306 - Costs in special proceedings.
§ 7A-307 - Costs in administration of estates.
§ 7A-308 - Miscellaneous fees and commissions.
§ 7A-308.1 - Fees on deposits and investments.
§ 7A-309 - Magistrate's special fees.
§ 7A-310 - Fees of commissioners and assessors appointed by magistrate.
§ 7A-311 - Uniform civil process fees.
§ 7A-312 - Uniform fees for jurors; meals.
§ 7A-313 - (Effective until January 1, 2023) Uniform jail fees.
§ 7A-313.1 - Fee for costs of electronic monitoring.
§ 7A-314 - Uniform fees for witnesses; experts; limit on number.
§ 7A-314.1 - Family court fees.
§ 7A-315 - Liability of State for witness fees in criminal cases when defendant not liable.
§ 7A-316 - Payment of witness fees in criminal actions.
§ 7A-317 - Counties and municipalities required to advance costs and fees.
§ 7A-317.1 - Disposition of fees in counties with unincorporated seats of court.
§ 7A-318 - Determination and disbursement of costs on and after date district court established.
§ 7A-320 - Costs are exclusive.
§ 7A-321 - Collection of offender fines and fees assessed by the court; collection assistance fee.