Senate Engrossed

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018

CHAPTER 222

SENATE BILL 1447

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 21‑314, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to jurors.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 21-314, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE21-314.  Juror questionnaire

A.  The jury commissioner or jury manager shall use a questionnaire to determine whether a person is qualified to serve or has valid grounds to be excused or postponed from service.  The jury commissioner or jury manager may require additional information from the person to make this determination.  The jury commissioner or jury manager may determine juror qualifications, excuses and postponements at the same time.

B.  The jury commissioner or jury manager may destroy the fully answered questionnaire ninety days after the commissioner or manager receives it.

C.  The juror questionnaire may be included in the same mailing as the summons to attend the court as a juror or the questionnaire may be mailed before the summons.

D.  The jury commissioner or jury manager may investigate the accuracy of the answers to the questionnaire and may call on law enforcement agencies and the county attorney for assistance in an investigation. END_STATUTE

 

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 12, 2018.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 13, 2018.