§ 16-31-103 — Exemptions from service - Definition

(a) As used in this section, "adjournment sine die" means the adjournment of the General Assembly without the establishment of a day certain for reconvening. (b) A person may be excused from serving as a grand or petit juror or a jury commissioner for such period as the court deems necessary or may have his or her service deferred to another specified term of court when the state of his or her health or that of his or her family reasonably requires his or her absence, or when, for any reason, his or her own interests or those of the public will, in the opinion of the court, be materially injured by his or her attendance. (c) If a member of the General Assembly is summoned for service on a petit or grand jury in circuit court within thirty (30) days preceding the convening of the General Assembly or at any time during a regular session, extraordinary session, or fiscal session, he or she is entitled to a deferment of that service until thirty (30) days after adjournment sine die of the General Assembly. (d) A person who is eighty (80) years of age or older may voluntarily exempt himself or herself from or decline to participate in jury service at any time.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 177,§ 10, eff. 8/1/2023. Amended by Act 2021, No. 222,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 1969, No. 568, §§ 7, 8; 1971, No. 374, § 1; 1975, No. 650, § 16; 1979, No. 612, § 1; 1981, No. 294, §§ 1, 2; 1985, No. 291, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 39-107, 39-108, 39-121, 39-122, 72-1147; Acts 1991, No. 379, § 1; 1993, No. 167, § 1.