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GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE

Rule 801.General Policy

Persons shall be selected randomly for jury service, from the broadest possible cross section of people in the area served by the court. All qualified persons have an obligation to serve as jurors when summoned, and all must be considered for jury service.

(Amended effective November 22, 2023.)

Task Force Comment - 1991 Adoption

These Jury Management Rules have already been adopted by the Minnesota Supreme Court. See Order Promulgating Jury Management Rules, No. C5-85-837 (Minn. Sup. Ct. June 14, 1990). The Task Force recommends that they be included as part of the General Rules of Practice for the District Courts.