Selection Fields
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Source of jury master lists are drawn (e.g., voter registration, state income tax, etc. )?
NRS 6.045. Designation by rule of district court; selection of trial jurors; list of qualified electors; duties.
1. The district court may by rule of court designate the clerk of the court, one of the clerkâs deputies or another person as a jury commissioner, and may assign to the jury commissioner such administrative duties in connection with trial juries and jurors as the court finds desirable for efficient administration.
2. If a jury commissioner is so selected, the jury commissioner shall from time to time estimate the number of trial jurors which will be required for attendance on the district court and shall select that number from the qualified electors of the county not exempt by law from jury duty, whether registered as voters or not. The jurors may be selected by computer whenever procedures to assure random selection from computerized lists are established by the jury commissioner.
3. The jury commissioner shall, for the purpose of selecting trial jurors, compile and maintain a list of qualified electors from information provided by:
(a) A list of persons who are registered to vote in the county;
(b) The Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to NRS 482.171 and 483.225;
(c) The Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation pursuant to NRS 612.265; and
(d) A public utility pursuant to NRS 704.206.
4. In compiling and maintaining the list of qualified electors, the jury commissioner shall avoid duplication of names.
5. The jury commissioner shall:
(a) Keep a record of the name, occupation, address and race of each trial juror selected pursuant to subsection 2;
(b) Keep a record of the name, occupation, address and race of each trial juror who appears for jury service; and
(c) Prepare and submit a report to the Court Administrator which must:
(1) Include statistics from the records required to be maintained by the jury commissioner pursuant to this subsection, including, without limitation, the name, occupation, address and race of each trial juror who is selected and of each trial juror who appears for jury service;
(2) Be submitted at least once a year; and
(3) Be submitted in the time and manner prescribed by the Court Administrator.
6. The jury commissioner shall not select the name of any person whose name was selected the previous year, and who actually served on the jury by attending in court in response to the venire from day to day until excused from further attendance by order of the court, unless there are not enough other suitable jurors in the county to do the required jury duty.
6.120. Counties whose population is less than 100,000: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors.
1. In any county having a population of less than 100,000, the county clerk under the supervision of the district judge, shall randomly select the names of 50 qualified persons to serve as prospective grand jurors. The county clerk shall then prepare and mail to each person whose name was selected a questionnaire drawn up by the district judge or presiding district judge, where applicable, stating the amount of pay, the estimated time required to serve, and the duties to be performed. Each recipient of the questionnaire shall be requested to return the questionnaire, indicating on it his or her willingness to serve on the jury. The county clerk shall continue the selection of names and mailing of questionnaires until a panel of 36 persons who are willing to serve is established. The requirement of subsection 1 of NRS 6.110 that a grand jury must be called at least once in every 4 years does not apply to the county unless the district judge otherwise directs. A list of the names of the 36 persons who indicate their willingness to serve as grand jurors must be made and certified by the county clerk and filed in the county clerkâs office, and the clerk shall immediately issue a venire, directed to the sheriff of the county, commanding the sheriff to summon the persons willing to serve as grand jurors to attend in court at such time as the district judge may have directed.
2. The sheriff shall summon the grand jurors, and out of the number summoned each district judge in rotation according to seniority, shall select one name from the venire until 17 persons to constitute the grand jury and 12 persons to act as alternate grand jurors are chosen.
3. Every person named in the venire as a grand juror shall be served by the sheriff mailing a summons to that person commanding the person to attend as a juror at a time and place designated therein, which summons shall be registered or certified and deposited in the post office addressed to the person at his or her usual post office address. The receipt of the person addressed for the registered or certified summons must be regarded as personal service of the summons upon that person and no mileage may be allowed for service. The postage and fee for registered or certified mail must be paid by the sheriff and allowed him or her as other claims against the county.
4. If for any reason a person selected as a grand juror is unable to serve on the grand jury until the completion of its business, the district judge shall select one of the alternate grand jurors to serve in his or her place. The alternate shall be served by the sheriff in the manner provided in subsection 3.
6.110. Counties whose population is 100,000 or more: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors.
1. In any county having a population of 100,000 or more, the selection of persons as proposed grand jurors must be made in the manner prescribed in this section upon notice from any district judge as often as the public interest may require and at least once in each 4 years. The clerk of the court under the supervision of the district judge presiding over the impaneling of the grand jury shall select at random the names of at least 500 persons to be called as prospective grand jurors. The clerk shall prepare and mail to each person whose name was selected a questionnaire prepared by the district judge stating the amount of pay, the estimated time required to serve and the duties to be performed. Each recipient of the questionnaire must be requested to complete and return the questionnaire, indicating on the questionnaire his or her willingness and availability to serve on the grand jury. The clerk shall continue the selection of names and mailing of questionnaires until a panel of 100 qualified persons who are willing to serve is established.
2. A list of the names of persons who indicated their willingness to serve as grand jurors must be made by the clerk of the court and a copy furnished to each district judge. The district judges shall meet within 15 days thereafter and shall, in order of seniority, each select one name from the list until at least 50 persons have been selected. A list of the names of the persons selected as proposed grand jurors must be made by the clerk, certified by the chief judge of the district court and filed in the clerkâs office. The clerk shall immediately issue a venire, and the court shall summon the proposed grand jurors to attend in court at such time as the district judge directs.
3. The court shall summon the proposed grand jurors, and the district judge presiding over the impaneling of the grand jury shall select at random from their number 17 persons to constitute the grand jury and 14 persons to act as alternate grand jurors. If for any reason an insufficient number of proposed grand jurors fail to appear, additional proposed grand jurors sufficient to complete the panel of grand jurors and alternates must be selected from the list of prospective grand jurors by the district judge presiding over the impaneling, and the persons so selected must be summoned to appear in court at such time as the district judge directs.
4. Every person named in the venire as a grand juror must be served by the court mailing a summons to the person commanding the person to attend as a juror at a time and place designated in the summons. The summons must be registered or certified and deposited in the post office addressed to the person at his or her usual mailing address. The receipt of the person so addressed for the registered or certified summons must be regarded as personal service of the summons upon the person and no mileage may be allowed for service.
5. If for any reason a person selected as a grand juror is unable to serve on the grand jury until the completion of its business, the district judge shall select one of the alternate grand jurors to serve in his or her place.
Drawing of juror names from list
6.090. Procedures for forming panel; duties of sheriff and jury commissioner.
1. Whenever trial jurors are selected by a jury commissioner, the district judge may direct the jury commissioner to summon and assign to that court the number of qualified jurors the jury commissioner determines to be necessary for the formation of the petit jury. The jurors may be selected by computer whenever procedures to assure random selection from computerized lists have been established by the jury commissioner.
2. Every person named in the venire must be served by the sheriff personally or by the sheriff or the jury commissioner by mailing a summons to the person, commanding the person to attend as a juror at a time and place designated therein. Mileage is allowed only for personal service. The postage must be paid by the sheriff or the jury commissioner, as the case may be, and allowed him or her as other claims against the county. The sheriff shall make return of the venire at least the day before the day named for their appearance, after which the venire is subject to inspection by any officer or attorney of the court.
Procedure for Summoning Jurors
6.140. Application to appellate court for order directing selection and impaneling of grand jury.
In any county, if the district judge for any reason fails or refuses to select a grand jury when required, any interested person resident of the county may apply to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution for an order directing the selection of a grand jury. The application must be supported by affidavits setting forth the true facts as known to the applicant, and the certificate of the county clerk that a grand jury has not been selected within the time fixed or otherwise as the facts may be. The appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court shall issue its order, if satisfied that a grand jury should be called, directing the county clerk to select and impanel a grand jury, according to the provisions of NRS 6.110 to 6.132, inclusive.
Prohibition of Discrimination Against Jurors
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Qualifications
NRS 6.010. Persons qualified to act as jurors.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, every qualified elector of the State, whether registered or not, who has sufficient knowledge of the English language, and who has not been convicted of treason, a felony, or other infamous crime, and who is not rendered incapable by reason of physical or mental infirmity, is a qualified juror of the county in which the person resides. A person who has been convicted of a felony is not a qualified juror of the county in which the person resides until the personâs civil right to serve as a juror has been restored pursuant to NRS 176A.850, 179.285, 213.090, 213.155 or 213.157.
Disqualifications
**COUNTING HERE EVEN THOUGH THESE REASONS ARE TECHNICALLY EXCUSAL GROUNDS**Nev. Rev. Stat. 16.080. Discharge and replacement of jurors who become unable or disqualified to perform duties.
After the impaneling of the jury and before verdict, the court may discharge a juror upon a showing of the jurorâs sickness, a serious illness or death of a member of the jurorâs immediate family, an undue hardship, an extreme inconvenience, any other inability to perform the jurorâs duty or a public necessity. Alternate jurors, in the order in which they were selected, shall replace jurors who become unable or disqualified to perform their duties. If an alternate juror is required to replace a regular juror after the jury has retired to deliberate, the court shall recall the jury, seat the alternate and resubmit the case to the jury. If no alternate juror has been selected, the trial may proceed with the remaining jurors, only if the parties so agree. If the parties do not so agree, the jury shall be discharged, and a new jury then or afterwards impaneled.
Excusal or Exemptions
NRS 6.030. Grounds for excusing jurors.
1. The court may at any time temporarily excuse any juror on account of:
(a) Sickness or physical disability.
(b) Serious illness or death of a member of the jurorâs immediate family.
(c) Undue hardship or extreme inconvenience.
(d) Public necessity.
2. In addition to the reasons set forth in subsection 1, the court may at any time temporarily excuse a person who provides proof that the person is the primary caregiver of another person who has a documented medical condition which requires the assistance of another person at all times.
3. A person temporarily excused shall appear for jury service as the court may direct.
4. The court shall permanently excuse any person from service as a juror if the person is incapable, by reason of a permanent physical or mental disability, of rendering satisfactory service as a juror. The court may require the prospective juror to submit a certificate completed by a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to NRS 632.237 concerning the nature and extent of the disability and the certifying physician or advanced practice registered nurse may be required to testify concerning the disability when the court so directs.
Limited Frequency of Jury Service
NRS 6. The jury commissioner shall not select the name of any person whose name was selected the previous year, and who actually served on the jury by attending in court in response to the venire from day to day until excused from further attendance by order of the court, unless there are not enough other suitable jurors in the county to do the required jury duty.
Who handles excusals is prescribed?
**The court**
Nev. Rev. Stat. 6.030. Grounds for excusing jurors.
1. The court may at any time temporarily excuse any juror on account of:
(a) Sickness or physical disability.
(b) Serious illness or death of a member of the jurorâs immediate family.
(c) Undue hardship or extreme inconvenience.
(d) Public necessity.
2. In addition to the reasons set forth in subsection 1, the court may at any time temporarily excuse a person who provides proof that the person is the primary caregiver of another person who has a documented medical condition which requires the assistance of another person at all times.
3. A person temporarily excused shall appear for jury service as the court may direct.
4. The court shall permanently excuse any person from service as a juror if the person is incapable, by reason of a permanent physical or mental disability, of rendering satisfactory service as a juror. The court may require the prospective juror to submit a certificate completed by a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to NRS 632.237 concerning the nature and extent of the disability and the certifying physician or advanced practice registered nurse may be required to testify concerning the disability when the court so directs.
Deferral/Postponement of jury service allowed
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Number of petit jurors for jury trial is prescribed?
Nev. Rev. Stat. 6.045. Designation by rule of district court; selection of trial jurors; list of qualified electors; duties.
1. The district court may by rule of court designate the clerk of the court, one of the clerkâs deputies or another person as a jury commissioner, and may assign to the jury commissioner such administrative duties in connection with trial juries and jurors as the court finds desirable for efficient administration.
2. If a jury commissioner is so selected, the jury commissioner shall from time to time estimate the number of trial jurors which will be required for attendance on the district court and shall select that number from the qualified electors of the county not exempt by law from jury duty, whether registered as voters or not. The jurors may be selected by computer whenever procedures to assure random selection from computerized lists are established by the jury commissioner.
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