Chapter 6 Juries

Persons qualified to act as jurors.

Exemptions from service.

Grounds for excusing jurors.

Penalty for failing to attend and serve as a juror.

Designation by rule of district court; selection of trial jurors; list of qualified electors; duties.

Procedures for forming panel; duties of sheriff and jury commissioner.

Discharge of excess trial jurors.

Counties whose population is 100,000 or more: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors.

Counties whose population is less than 100,000: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors.

Permissible summoning of grand jury by filing of affidavit or petition by taxpayer.

Summoning of grand jury by filing of petition by committee of registered voters.

Impaneling of grand juries to investigate state affairs; payment of expenses.

Application to appellate court for order directing selection and impaneling of grand jury.

Recess of grand jury.

Grand jurors and trial jurors in district and justice court.

Establishment of program to allow juror to donate money to which juror is entitled for juror’s services and expenses to local agency for prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Payment of jurors.

Expenses of jurors in civil cases.

Terminating or threatening to terminate employment because of jury duty prohibited; civil action for unlawful termination; requiring employee to use sick leave or vacation time or to work certain hours prohibited; notice to employer; dissuasion from service as juror.