Chapter 9 Jurors
Article 1 - Jury Commissions, Preparation of Jury Lists, and Drawing of Panels.
- § 9-1 Jury commission in each county; membership; selection; oath; terms; expenses of jury system
Not later than July 1, 1967, there shall be appointed in each county a jury commission of three members. One member of the commission shall...
- § 9-2 Preparation of jury list; sources of names
(a) It shall be the duty of the jury commission on July 1 of every odd‑numbered year to prepare a list of prospective jurors qualified...
- § 9-2.1 Alternate procedure in certain counties
(a) In counties having access to electronic data processing equipment, the functions of preparing and maintaining custody of the list of prospective jurors, the procedure...
- § 9-3 Qualifications of prospective jurors
All persons are qualified to serve as jurors and to be included on the jury list who are citizens of the State and residents of...
- § 9-4 Preparation and custody of list
As the jury list is prepared, the name and address of each qualified person selected for the list shall be written on a separate card....
- § 9-5 Procedure for drawing panel of jurors; numbers drawn
The board of county commissioners in each county shall provide the clerk of superior court with a jury box, the construction and dimensions of which...
- § 9-6 Jury service a public duty; excuses to be allowed in exceptional cases; procedure
(a) The General Assembly hereby declares the public policy of this State to be that jury service is the solemn obligation of all qualified citizens,...
- § 9-6.1 Requests to be excused
Any person summoned as a juror who is 72 years or older and who wishes to be excused, deferred, or exempted may make the request...
- § 9-7 Removal of names of jurors who have served from jury list; retention
As persons are summoned for jury service, the cards upon which their names appear shall be withdrawn from the jury list and filed separately. The...
- § 9-8 through 9-9 Repealed by Session Laws 1967, c. 218, s. 1
Article 2 - Petit Jurors.
- § 9-10 Summons to jurors
(a) The register of deeds shall, within three days after the receipt of numbers drawn, deliver the list of prospective jurors to the sheriff of...
- § 9-11 Supplemental jurors; special venire
(a) If necessary, the court may, without using the jury list, order the sheriff to summon from day to day additional jurors to supplement the...
- § 9-12 Supplemental jurors from other counties
(a) On motion of any party or the State, or on his own motion, any judge of the superior court, if he is of the...
- § 9-13 Penalty for disobeying summons
Every person summoned to appear as a juror who has not been excused, and who fails to appear and attend until duly discharged, shall be...
- § 9-14 Jury sworn; judge decides competency
The clerk shall, at the beginning of court, swear all jurors who have not been selected as grand jurors. Each juror shall swear or affirm...
- § 9-15 Questioning jurors without challenge; challenges for cause
(a) The court, and any party to an action, or his counsel of record shall be allowed, in selecting the jury, to make direct oral...
- § 9-16 Exemption from civil arrest
No sheriff or other officer shall arrest under civil process any juror during his attendance at or going to and returning from any session of...
- § 9-17 Jurors impaneled to try case furnished with accommodations; separation of jurors
A jury, impaneled to try any cause, shall be put in charge of an officer of the court and shall be furnished with such accommodations...
- § 9-18 Alternate jurors
(a) Civil Cases. Whenever the presiding judge deems it appropriate, one or more alternate jurors may be selected in the same manner as the regular...
Article 3 - Peremptory Challenges.
Article 4 - Grand Jurors.
Article 5 - Discharge of Jurors Prohibited.
- § 9-32 Discharge of juror unlawful
(a) No employer may discharge or demote any employee because the employee has been called for jury duty, or is serving as a grand juror...
