South Carolina § 14-7-340 Procedure to obtain jurors when jury commissioners are disqualified.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 14-7-340 — Procedure to obtain jurors when jury commissioners are disqualified.

South Carolina § 14-7-340

Title 14COURTS

Ch. 7JURIES AND JURORS IN CIRCUIT COURTS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 14-7-340 (2026).

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If notice is given and the party upon whom it is served concedes or it is determined by the court that the relationship, connection, or disqualification exists, then the moving party shall apply to the resident circuit judge or the presiding judge of the circuit, either at chambers or in term time, setting out by way of affidavits the facts. Thereupon the judge shall order the jury commissioners who are not related, connected, or disqualified to make up a special jury box composed of the names of two hundred and forty persons, who are qualified to serve as jurors, from which special box there must be drawn the names of thirty-six jurors who must be summoned and required to attend as extra jurors. From the extra panel a jury may be obtained to try the case in which the regular panel is disq

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If notice is given and the party upon whom it is served concedes or it is determined by the court that the relationship, connection, or disqualification exists, then the moving party shall apply to the resident circuit judge or the presiding judge of the circuit, either at chambers or in term time, setting out by way of affidavits the facts. Thereupon the judge shall order the jury commissioners who are not related, connected, or disqualified to make up a special jury box composed of the names of two hundred and forty persons, who are qualified to serve as jurors, from which special box there must be drawn the names of thirty-six jurors who must be summoned and required to attend as extra jurors. From the extra panel a jury may be obtained to try the case in which the regular panel is disqualified. In case all of the jury commissioners are disqualified, then the judge shall designate three others who shall perform this duty.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 38-80; 1952 Code SECTION 38-80; 1942 Code SECTION 626-3; 1936 (39) 1431; 1976 Code SECTION 14-7-410; 1986 Act No. 340, SECTION 1, eff March 10, 1986. Editor's Note Provisions relative to supplying deficiencies in numbers of jurors drawn, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in SECTION 14-7-300.