Arizona Revised Statutes Title 21 - Juries

Chapter 1 JURIES
Article 1 Kinds and Composition

• § 21-101 Definitions
  In this title, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Juror pool" means the persons who are summoned and who report on a specific...
• § 21-102 Juries; Size; Degree Of Unanimity Required; Waiver
  A. A jury for trial of a criminal case in which a sentence of death or imprisonment for thirty years or more is authorized...

Article 2 Jury Facilities

• § 21-121 Jury Room
  A. A room shall be provided by the board of supervisors of each county for use of the jury upon its retirement for deliberation,...
• § 21-122 Expenses For Food, Lodging And Other Necessities; Criminal And Civil Cases
  While the jury is kept together, either during the progress of the trial or after retirement for deliberation, the court shall, at the expense...

Article 3 Jury Commissioner

• § 21-131 Jury Commissioner
  A. The jury commissioner shall report to the presiding judge. B. The presiding judge of the superior court shall set the salary of a...
• § 21-132 Review Of Jury Commissioner's Or Jury Manager's Action
  If the jury commissioner or jury manager denies a person's request to be excused or disqualified from jury service and the person makes a...

Chapter 2 JURORS
Article 1 Qualifications and Excuses

• § 21-201 Qualifications
  Every juror, grand and trial, shall be at least eighteen years of age and meet the following qualifications: 1. Be a citizen of the...
• § 21-202 Persons Entitled To Be Excused From Jury Service
  A. It is the policy of this state that all qualified citizens have an obligation to serve on juries when summoned by the courts...

Article 2 Disqualification

• § 21-211 Disqualification
  The following persons shall be disqualified to serve as jurors in any particular action: 1. Witnesses in the action. 2. Persons interested directly or...

Article 3 Fees and Mileage

• § 21-221 Fees And Mileage
  A. Each juror shall be paid by the county: 1. For each day's attendance upon the superior court or justice court, twelve dollars. 2....
• § 21-222 Arizona Lengthy Trial Fund
  (Rpld 7/1/19) A. The Arizona lengthy trial fund is established consisting of monies received from the additional fees paid on all filings, appearances, responses...
• § 21-223 Failure Of Juror To Attend; Fine
  It is unlawful for a juror who is summoned and who fails to obtain a postponement or who is not excused from jury service...

Article 4 Misconduct by or Involving Jurors

• § 21-233 Misconduct Of Challenged Grand Juror; Classification
  A grand juror who, with knowledge that a challenge interposed against him by a defendant has been allowed, is present at, or who takes...
• § 21-235 Recording, Listening To, Observing Proceedings Unlawful; Classification
  A. A person who knowingly, by any means whatsoever, records all or part of the proceedings of any grand jury while it is in...
• § 21-236 Employment Rights; Automatic Postponement; Violation; Classification
  A. An employer shall not require or request an employee to use annual, vacation or sick leave for time spent responding to a summons...

Chapter 3 FORMATION OF JURIES
Article 1 Jury List

• § 21-301 Master Jury List; Source Lists
  A. The jury commissioner shall produce a master jury list. The master jury list shall be comprised of the names and addresses of eligible...
• § 21-302 Juror Summoning; Procedures
  A. The superior court in each county shall summon trial jurors from the master jury list pursuant to rules adopted by the supreme court....

Article 2 Selecting Persons for Prospective Jury Service

• § 21-311 Master Jury File; Master Jury List
  A. If a superior court uses a master jury file, the presiding judge of the superior court, on completion of the master jury list...
• § 21-312 Juror Records
  A. The list of juror names or other juror information shall not be released unless specifically required by law or ordered by the court....
• § 21-313 Use Of Jury Management Automation Systems; Random Selection
  A. A jury management automation system may be used in the performance of the duties imposed by this title. B. In any county where...
• § 21-314 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...
• § 21-315 Excuse From Service; Investigation
  A. If the jury commissioner or jury manager determines that a person has valid grounds to be excused or postponed from jury service, the...

Article 3 Summoning Jurors

• § 21-331 Procedure For Summoning Jurors
  A. The jury commissioner or jury manager shall use either of the following methods for summoning persons for a particular juror pool: 1. The...
• § 21-332 Jurors' Term Of Service; Exemption
  A. A person's jury service obligation is fulfilled when the person does any of the following: 1. Serves on one trial until being excused...
• § 21-335 Frequency Of Service; Exemption
  A. A juror who has been summoned and selected to serve on a jury in this state is not required to serve again as...
• § 21-336 Postponement Of Jury Service
  A. Persons who are scheduled to appear for jury service may postpone the date of their initial appearance for jury service two times only....

Chapter 4 GRAND JURIES
Article 1 General Provisions

• § 21-401 Definitions
  In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Alternate grand jurors" means the additional grand jurors who are selected at the time...
• § 21-402 Calling Grand Jury
  A. In a county with a population of two hundred thousand persons or more a grand jury shall be called every four months each...
• § 21-403 Term Of Grand Jury
  A. Grand juries called pursuant to section 21-402 shall serve for a term designated by the presiding judge of the superior court which shall...
• § 21-404 Grand Jurors; Number; Quorum
  The order to form a grand jury shall specify the number of jurors to constitute the grand jury. The grand jury shall consist of...
• § 21-405 Change In Presiding Judge Or County Attorney; Effect
  Neither the term nor the powers of a grand jury shall be affected by the fact that a different individual or individuals shall occupy...
• § 21-406 Absence
  A. At any time, for good cause, the presiding judge of the superior court may excuse a grand juror temporarily or permanently. In the...
• § 21-407 Duties Of Grand Jurors
  A. The grand jurors shall inquire into every offense which may be tried within the county which is presented to them by the county...
• § 21-408 Attendance Of Prosecuting Attorney
  A. The county attorney or other prosecuting officer shall attend the grand jurors when requested by them, and may do so although not requested...
• § 21-409 Duties Of Court; Examination; Charge; Advice; Appointment Of Foreman
  A. When a grand jury is summoned and appears, the court and the county attorney or other prosecuting officer shall examine the jurors regarding...
• § 21-410 Swearing Of Witness
  A. The foreman or acting foreman shall administer an oath or affirmation in the manner prescribed by law to any witness called to testify...
• § 21-411 Appointment Of Reporter; Transcript
  A. The presiding judge of the superior court shall appoint a regularly appointed court reporter to record the proceedings before the grand jury, except...
• § 21-412 Evidence On Behalf Of Person Under Investigation
  The grand jurors are under no duty to hear evidence at the request of the person under investigation, but may do so. The person...
• § 21-413 Indictment Upon Probable Cause
  The grand jury shall return an indictment charging the person under investigation with the commission of a public offense if, from all the evidence...
• § 21-414 Number Of Grand Jurors Necessary To Indict
  A. An indictment shall not be returned without concurrence of at least nine grand jurors. When an indictment is returned, the foreman or acting...
• § 21-415 Presentation Of Indictment
  The indictment shall be presented by the foreman or acting foreman to the court in the presence of the grand jury.
• § 21-416 Failure To Indict Person In Custody Or On Bail
  If the defendant is in custody or has given bail on a charge investigated by the grand jury and nine jurors do not concur...
• § 21-417 Discharge Of Grand Jury
  The presiding judge of the superior court shall discharge a grand jury upon the expiration of the term of such grand jury unless the...

Article 2 State Grand Jury

• § 21-421 State Grand Juries; Impaneling; Term
  A. Upon written application by the attorney general there shall be a state grand jury with jurisdiction extending throughout the state impaneled each year...
• § 21-422 Powers And Duties
  A. The law applicable to county grand juries, including their powers, duties and functions, applies to the state grand juries except insofar as it...
• § 21-423 Jurors; Judicial Supervision
  A. A state grand jury shall consist of the same number of members as a county grand jury. The residence and qualifications of the...
• § 21-424 Presentation Of Evidence To State Grand Jury
  Presentation of evidence shall be made to a state grand jury by the attorney general or his designee.
• § 21-425 Designation Of Venue; Consolidation
  Any indictment or presentment by any state grand jury shall be returned to the assignment judge and shall include a finding as to the...
• § 21-426 Duty Of The Attorney General To Advise County Attorney Of Investigations And Indictments
  The attorney general shall advise the county attorney in any affected county of the nature of the state grand jury investigation and of any...
• § 21-427 Attendance Of Prosecuting Attorney; Prosecution Of Indictments; Issuance Of Subpoenas
  A. The attorney general or his designee shall attend the state grand jury in the manner prescribed by section 21-408. B. The attorney general...
• § 21-428 Costs And Expenses; State Grand Jury
  A. In addition to the fees and amounts stated in section 21-221, persons serving on a state grand jury shall be provided by the...

Last modified: October 13, 2016