TITLE 2

JURIES AND JURORS

CHAPTER 2

JURY SELECTION AND SERVICE

2-205.  Jury commissions established — Composition — Qualifications of commissioners — Expenses and compensation. A jury commission is established in each county to manage the jury selection process under the supervision and control of the court. The jury commission shall be composed of the clerk of the district court and a jury commissioner appointed by the administrative judge. The jury commissioner shall serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies. The jury commissioner must be a citizen of the United States and a resident in the county in which the jury commissioner serves. The jury commissioner may be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of jury commission duties and may receive compensation at a per diem rate fixed by the administrative judge and payable from county funds, if not otherwise a county employee.

History:

[2-205, added 1971, ch. 169, sec. 4, p. 799; am. 1974, ch. 26, sec. 6, p. 804; am. 1998, ch. 71, sec. 1, p. 266; am. 2002, ch. 94, sec. 1, p. 257; am. 2005, ch. 190, sec. 2, p. 583.]