Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 19.08. Qualifications
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Art. 19.08. QUALIFICATIONS. No person shall be selected or
serve as a grand juror who does not possess the following
qualifications:
1. The person must be a citizen of the state, and of the
county in which the person is to serve, and be qualified under the
Constitution and laws to vote in said county, provided that the
person's failure to register to vote shall not be held to disqualify
the person in this instance;
2. The person must be of sound mind and good moral character;
3. The person must be able to read and write;
4. The person must not have been convicted of misdemeanor
theft or a felony;
5. The person must not be under indictment or other legal
accusation for misdemeanor theft or a felony;
6. The person must not be related within the third degree of
consanguinity or second degree of affinity, as determined under
Chapter 573, Government Code, to any person selected to serve or
serving on the same grand jury;
7. The person must not have served as grand juror or jury
commissioner in the year before the date on which the term of court
for which the person has been selected as grand juror begins;
8. The person must not be a complainant in any matter to be
heard by the grand jury during the term of court for which the
person has been selected as a grand juror.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Amended by Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 1364, ch. 412, Sec. 5, eff.
Sept. 1, 1969; Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3143, ch. 827, Sec. 5, eff.
Aug. 31, 1981; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1065, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 8, eff. Aug. 26, 1991;
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(27), eff. Sept. 1, 1995;
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1177, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 801, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1,
2005.
Article: 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08 19.09 19.10 19.11 19.12 19.13 19.14 19.15
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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