2004 Minnesota Statutes

     488A.24 Petit jurors.  

    Subdivision 1.    Selection; list.  Before the first 
 day of June in each year, the judges shall select from the 
 electors of the county of Ramsey a list of persons properly 
 qualified to serve as petit jurors and certify the list to the 
 administrator of this court.  If there be a deficiency of 
 persons on the list, the judges may select from the electors of 
 the county of Ramsey additional persons to cover the deficiency 
 and certify and deliver to the administrator a supplementary 
 list which shall thereafter stand as part of the original list.  
 The validity of the selection is not affected by the fact that 
 any person is disqualified from serving as a juror.  

    Subd. 2.    Summoning.  Petit jurors shall be drawn 
 from such list and summoned as the judges direct.  The 
 administrator shall issue venires for the jurors drawn which 
 shall be returnable on such dates and hours as the judges 
 direct, and such venires shall be served by the sheriff of 
 Ramsey County as jurors are served in the district court of 
 Ramsey County.  

    Subd. 3.    Failure to attend.  Failure to attend as a 
 juror when duly drawn and summoned is punishable as contempt of 
 court.  

    Subd. 4.    Special venire.  When necessary, the court 
 may issue a special venire.  

    Subd. 5.    Compensation.  Any juror so summoned, 
 attending as aforesaid and accepted as a juror in this court, 
 shall be entitled to receive as compensation the same amount as 
 jurors in the district court, which shall be paid out of the 
 county treasury of the county of Ramsey.  The administrator of 
 this court shall deliver to each juror a certificate showing the 
 number of days in attendance and the mileage for which the juror 
 is entitled to receive compensation.  This certificate of the 
 administrator shall be filed with the county auditor, who shall 
 issue a warrant on the treasurer of the county for the amount 
 due, which certificate shall be a proper and sufficient voucher 
 for the issuance of such warrant.  

    Subd. 6.    Court rule on selection.  (a) If a court 
 rule so providing is adopted by a majority of the judges of said 
 district court and also by a majority of the judges of the 
 municipal court, all petit jurors to serve in the municipal 
 court of the county of Ramsey may be selected from the petit 
 jurors summoned for jury service by the district court of Ramsey 
 county.  

    (b) The rule may provide the manner in which jurors for the 
 municipal court shall be selected from the jurors summoned by 
 the district court and the period of time during which they 
 shall serve in municipal court.  

    (c) The rule may be amended by a majority of the judges of 
 the district court and a majority of the judges of the municipal 
 court.  It may be rescinded entirely at any time by a majority 
 of the judges of either court.  

    (d) The rule may be made effective on any date and shall 
 then supersede any jury list for municipal court theretofore in 
 effect.  If the rule be rescinded, the judges of the municipal 
 court may reinstate any jury list drawn for that year by the 
 judges of municipal court or prepare a new jury list.  

    (e) The petit jurors summoned for service in both courts 
 shall have the same qualifications and shall be selected by the 
 district court under the same procedure as is now provided by 
 law for selecting jurors for service in the district court.  

    (f) Jurors shall report to and be excused, governed, 
 instructed, and controlled by a judge of either the district 
 court or the municipal court as provided in the court rule.  

    HIST: 1961 c 436 s 7; 1967 c 471 s 1,2; 1973 c 708 s 16,36; 
 1986 c 444