New York Judiciary Law Article 16 - SELECTION OF JURORS

• 500 - Declaration of Policy.
  It is the policy of this state that all litigants in the courts of this state entitled to trial by jury shall have the right...
• 501 - Application of Article.
  Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this article shall apply to grand and petit jurors in all courts of the unified court system in...
• 502 - Commissioner of Jurors.
  (a) The office of commissioner of jurors is hereby established for each county in the state except counties within cities having a population of one...
• 503 - County Jury Board.
  (a) There shall be established for each county a jury board composed as follows: 1. In counties outside cities having a population of one million...
• 504 - Appointment and Removal of Commissioner of Jurors.
  (a) Except in counties within cities having a population of one million or more, the county jury board, or a majority thereof, shall appoint a...
• 505 - Oath of Office.
  Before entering upon the duties of his office a commissioner appointed under this article, and each deputy, assistant or employee, shall take the oath of...
• 506 - Source of Names.
  The commissioner of jurors shall cause the names of prospective jurors to be selected at random from the voter registration lists, and from such other...
• 507 - Random Selection.
  The commissioner of jurors shall select the names of prospective jurors, or cause them to be selected, at random from the sources provided in section...
• 508 - Number to Be Selected.
  The commissioner of jurors shall draw at random for each term and each separate part of a term of court at which issues are triable...
• 509 - Qualification of Jurors.
  (a) The commissioner of jurors shall determine the qualifications of a prospective juror on the basis of information provided on the juror's qualification questionnaire. The...
• 510 - Qualifications.
  In order to qualify as a juror a person must: 1. Be a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the county. 2....
• 513 - Form of Questionnaire.
  The questionnaire to be filled out by prospective jurors shall be in such form as the chief administrator of the courts may prescribe.
• 516 - Commissioner of Jurors to Summon Jurors.
  The commissioner of jurors shall summon each juror drawn for jury service by serving upon him a summons and specifying the place where and the...
• 517 - Excuses and Postponements.
  (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph two of this subdivision, the commissioner of jurors may, in his or her discretion, on the application...
• 518 - Discharge by the Court.
  The court shall discharge a person from serving as a trial or a grand juror whenever it satisfactorily appears that he or she is not
• 519 - Right of Juror to Be Absent From Employment.
  Any person who is summoned to serve as a juror under the provisions of this article and who notifies his or her employer to that...
• 519-a - Right of Sequestered Jurors to Be Provided With Food Conforming to Religious Tenets.
  1. Every juror shall have the right to be provided upon request meals consisting of food or food products prepared in accordance with the religious...
• 520 - Trial Jurors to Serve in Other Parts, Terms or Courts.
  Trial jurors drawn for service pursuant to the provisions of this article may serve as trial jurors in any term or part of the same...
• 521 - Fees and Travel Expenses of Jurors.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, trial and grand jurors in each court of the unified court system shall be entitled...
• 521-a - Fees of Trial Jury.
  In any action or special proceeding in a court of the unified court system that requires a juror's physical attendance for more than thirty days,...
• 522 - Appellate Divisions to Make Rules.
  The appellate divisions of the supreme court in each judicial department shall adopt rules consistent with this article and with such standards and policies as...
• 523 - Sheriff's Jurors.
  The county clerk of each county in a city having a population of one million or more shall select annually from the persons qualified to...
• 524 - Disqualification of Former Jurors.
  (a) A person who has served on a grand or petit jury in any court of the unified court system or in a federal court...
• 525 - Trial and Grand Jurors; Duration of Service.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of this section, service of trial jurors in courts of the unified court system shall not be more...
• 526 - Presentation of Claims by Jurors and Disposition of Unclaimed Fees.
  All jurors who have served in a court of the unified court system pursuant to a duly issued summons as provided for in this article...
• 527 - Procedure for Noncompliance.
  1. The commissioner of jurors may bring a proceeding for noncompliance against any person who fails to respond to a juror qualification questionnaire pursuant to...
• 528 - Collection of Demographic Data.
  The commissioner of jurors shall collect demographic data for jurors who present for jury service, including each juror's race and/or ethnicity, age and sex, and...

Last modified: February 3, 2019