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Article 1. Petit Juries
§52-1-1. Declaration of Policy - It is the policy of this state that all persons...
§52-1-2. Prohibition of Discrimination - A citizen may not be excluded from jury service on...
§52-1-3. Definitions - As used in this article: (1) "The court" means the...
§52-1-4. Jury Selection - Potential petit jurors shall be selected by the clerk of...
§52-1-5. Master List; Method for Compilation; Additional Freeholder List; Lists to Be Available to Public - (a) In each county, the clerk shall compile and maintain...
§52-1-5a. Jury Qualification Form; Contents; Procedure for Use; Penalties - (a) Not less than twenty days before the date for...
§52-1-6. Jury Wheel or Jury Box; Random Selection of Names From Master List for Jury Wheel or Jury Box - (a) At the direction of the circuit court, the clerk...
§52-1-7. Drawings From the Jury Wheel or Jury Box; Notice of Jury Duty; Penalties - (a) The chief judge of the circuit, or the judge...
§52-1-7a. Alternate Procedure for Selection of Jury by Electronic Data Processing Methods - Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, the...
§52-1-8. Disqualification From Jury Service - (a) The court, shall determine whether any prospective juror is...
§52-1-9. Assignment of Jurors to Jury Panels; Drawing of Additional Jurors Upon Shortage of Qualified Jurors - (a) The jurors drawn for jury service shall be assigned...
§52-1-10. No Exemptions - No qualified prospective juror is exempt from jury service.
§52-1-11. Excuses From Jury Service - (a) The court, upon request of a prospective juror or...
§52-1-12. Discharge of Excess Jurors - Any court may, upon the appearance of an excess number...
§52-1-13. Competency of Jurors When Municipality, County or District Is a Party - In any suit or proceeding in which a county, district,...
§52-1-14. When and How Jurors Are to Be Summoned From a County to Serve in Another County - (a) In any criminal case or any civil case referred...
§52-1-15. Challenging Compliance With Selection Procedures - (a) Within seven days after the moving party discovers, or...
§52-1-16. Preservation of Records - All records and papers compiled and maintained by the clerk...
§52-1-17. Reimbursement of Jurors - (a) A juror shall be paid mileage, at the rate...
§52-1-18. When Juror Not Entitled to Reimbursement - No juror who departs without leave of the court or...
§52-1-19. Record of Allowance to Jurors - The clerk of any court upon which juries are in...
§52-1-20. Payment of Reimbursement - The method of payment of jurors shall be determined by...
§52-1-21. Excuse From Employment - Upon receiving a summons to report for jury duty an...
§52-1-22. Fraud in Selection of Jurors; Penalties - If any person is guilty of any fraud by tampering...
§52-1-23. Length of Service by Jurors - In any two-year period a person may not be required:...
§52-1-24. Penalties for Failure to Perform Jury Service - A person summoned for jury service who fails to appear...
§52-1-25. Present Methods of Jury Selection to Remain in Effect Until Preparation of Master List - The present method of jury selection utilized by a county...
§52-1-26. Provisions Apply to Selection Jurors for Magistrate Juries - All provisions of this article shall apply with equal force...
Article 2. Grand Juries
§52-2-1. At What Terms Grand Jury Shall Attend; When Court or Judge May Dispense With It - There shall be a grand jury at each term of...
§52-2-2. Provisions Governing Petit Juries Govern Grand Juries - The provisions of article one of this chapter relating to...
§52-2-3. Selection and Summoning of Jurors - The clerk of any circuit court requiring a grand jury...
§52-2-4. Quorum - Of the sixteen grand jurors chosen from the grand jurors...
§52-2-5. Oath - From among the persons so summoned, who attend, the court...
§52-2-6. Charge - The grand jurors, after being sworn, shall be charged by...
§52-2-7. Duties; Preservation of Evidence - The grand jury shall inquire of and present all felonies,...
§52-2-8. Finding or Making of Indictment or Presentment - At least twelve of the grand jurors must concur in...
§52-2-9. Second Hearing - Although a bill of indictment be returned not a true...
§52-2-10. Substituting New Juror to Fill Vacancy; Summoning Additional Juror - If the foreman or any grand juror be unable or...
§52-2-11. Materials Subpoenaed by Grand Jury; Authorizing Custodian Possession and Use Thereof - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Prosecuting attorney” means...
§52-2-12. Incompetency or Disqualification of Juror Not to Affect Validity of Finding - No presentment or indictment shall be quashed or abated on...
§52-2-13. Compensation and Mileage of Grand Jurors - A grand juror shall be paid mileage, at the rate...
§52-2-14. Grand Jury Authorized to Sit for as Long as One Year and in Addition to Any Other Grand Jury; Provisions of Article Applicable With Certain Exception - Whenever it appears to the judge of any court of...
§52-2-15. Secrecy of Grand Jury Proceedings - (a) A grand juror, an interpreter, a stenographer, an operator...
§52-2-16. Juror Questionnaires; Judicial Approval Required for Release of Forms - Completed juror questionnaire forms for persons called for or serving...
Article 3. Discrimination for Jury Service
§52-3-1. Right of Action for Discrimination Against Employees Summoned for Jury Duty; Penalties - (a) Any person who, as an employee, is discriminated against...