Tennessee Statutes
§ 22-1-101 — Obligation to serve - Qualifications
Tennessee·Title 22
It is policy of this state that all qualified citizens have an obligation to serve on petit juries or grand juries when summoned by the courts of this state, unless excused. Every person eighteen (18) years of age, being a citizen of the United States, and a resident of this state, and of the county in which the person may be summoned for jury service for a period of twelve (12) months next preceding the date of the summons, is legally qualified to act as a grand or petit juror, if not otherwise incompetent under the express provisions of this title.
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State v. Hester
324 S.W.3d 1 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2010)
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State v. Beal
614 S.W.2d 77 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1981)
Larry E. Parrish, P. C. v. Nancy J. Strong
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2018)
Legislative History
Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 22-1-101
Obligation to serve - Qualifications§ 22-1-102
Incompetent persons§ 22-1-106
Exemption from process§ 22-2-101
Application of chapter§ 22-2-102
Unlawful acts - Penalties§ 22-2-201
Determination of jury coordinator - Oath - Illness or absence of coordinator - Compensation§ 22-2-306
Juror Summons - Contents