Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 9-10 - Selection of Jury
Section 9-10-9. - Grounds for excuse from service.

§ 9-10-9. Grounds for excuse from service.
A justice of the superior court or the family court, or the jury commissioner, may excuse a person from jury duty or may continue the date of the service upon a showing of mental or physical disability, illness, or the serious illness of some member of his or her immediate family, economic or domestic hardship, or other good cause; provided, that he or she may be required to serve his or her term or the remainder thereof, as the case may be, on an emergency panel of jurors, if such a panel is deemed necessary by the jury commissioner or the presiding justice of the superior or family court. The discretion to so excuse may be exercised by the appropriate party at any time during the selection or assignment of jurors.
History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1948, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 329, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 23; P.L. 1939, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-10-9; P.L. 1980, ch. 242, § 1.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally

Chapter 9-10 - Selection of Jury

Section 9-10-1. - Notice by court of jurors required — Notifications to sergeants and constables.

Section 9-10-2. - Service of notice on jurors.

Section 9-10-3. - Service of summons by jury commissioner.

Section 9-10-4. - Return of notifications — Certificate as to investigation of jurors.

Section 9-10-5. - Penalty for failure to serve notice on juror.

Section 9-10-6. - Service prohibited unless name drawn.

Section 9-10-7. - Disqualification by prior jury service.

Section 9-10-8. - Period of service of jurors.

Section 9-10-9. - Grounds for excuse from service.

Section 9-10-10. - Penalty for failure of juror to attend.

Section 9-10-11. - Fines levied against jurors.

Section 9-10-11.1. - Size of juries in civil cases.

Section 9-10-11.2. - Qualification and division of petit jury panels.

Section 9-10-12. - Drawing and impaneling of trial jury.

Section 9-10-12.1. - Repealed.

Section 9-10-12.2. - Subpanels in any county.

Section 9-10-13. - Alternate jurors.

Section 9-10-14. - Court examination of prospective jurors.

Section 9-10-15. - Residence or tax payment in town not ground for challenge.

Section 9-10-16. - State citizenship not ground for challenge.

Section 9-10-17. - Waiver of objection to juror by silence.

Section 9-10-18. - Peremptory challenges.

Section 9-10-19. - Keeping and disposition of peremptory challenges.

Section 9-10-20. - Oaths of jurors.

Section 9-10-21. - Exemption of juror from process.

Section 9-10-22. - Service of forbidden process void.