A. In those district courts in which an on-call system is implemented by order of the chief judge of the district court, each juror retained for services subject to call shall be required to contact a center for information as to the time and place of his or her next assignment.
B. For purposes of this section, “on-call system” means a method whereby the chief judge of a district court summonses a jury panel to serve as potential jurors on a specific case.
C. Pursuant to summons for service on petit juries in the district court, each qualified, nonexempt juror is retained for service subject to call and is assigned to a judge or a case.
D. In those districts in which an on-call system is implemented by order of the chief judge of the trial court, no person shall be required to render service as a juror for more than one (1) day in a calendar year, unless he or she is selected to serve in a trial or is under consideration to serve in a trial and such consideration covers a period of two (2) or more days. Once selected, a juror shall serve on the jury for the duration of the trial unless excused by the presiding judge.
E. In those districts in which a trailing docket system is implemented by order of the chief judge of the trial court, no person shall be required to render service as a juror for more than five (5) days in a calendar year, unless he or she is selected to serve in a trial or is under consideration to serve in a trial and such consideration covers a period of five (5) or more days. Once selected, a juror shall serve on the jury for the duration of the trial, unless excused by the presiding judge.
F. For purposes of this section “trailing docket system” means a method whereby the chief judge of the district court summonses a jury panel to serve for a fixed number of days to determine the outcome of all cases on the docket in sequential order.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 184, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 525, § 7, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2006, c. 103, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
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