42 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 45 - Juries And Jurors

• Chapter Notes

Subchapter A.  Qualifications and Exemptions

• Section 4501 - Declaration Of Policy
  It is the policy of this Commonwealth that: (1) All persons entitled to a jury trial in a civil action or criminal proceeding shall...
• Section 4502 - Qualifications Of Jurors
  (a) General rule.--Every citizen of this Commonwealth who is of the required minimum age for voting for State or local officials and who resides...
• Section 4503 - Exemptions From Jury Duty
  (a) General rule.--No person shall be exempt or excused from jury duty except the following: (1) Persons in active service of the armed forces...

Subchapter B.  Selection and Custody of Jurors

• Section 4521 - Selection Of Prospective Jurors
  (a) Preparation of master list of prospective jurors.-- (1) At least annually the jury selection commission shall prepare a master list of prospective jurors...
• Section 4521.1 - Statewide Jury Information System
  (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any prohibition found in any other law, regulation or rule to the contrary, the following departments shall submit to the Court...
• Section 4522 - List Of Qualified Jurors
  After receipt of the juror qualification forms as provided in section 4521(d) (relating to selection of prospective jurors), the jury selection commission shall determine...
• Section 4523 - List Of Disqualified Jurors
  (a) Maintenance of list.--The jury selection commission shall create and maintain a list of names of all prospective jurors who have been disqualified and...
• Section 4524 - Selection Of Jurors For Service
  Except as otherwise provided in section 4525 (relating to equipment used for selection of jurors), the jury selection commission shall maintain a master list...
• Section 4525 - Equipment Used For Selection Of Jurors
  The jury selection commission is authorized, but not required, to use mechanical or electro-mechanical devices or business machines in the random selection, drawing, investigating,...
• Section 4526 - Challenging Compliance With Selection Procedures
  (a) Challenge to array.--Within ten days after publication of the array a party to a matter on a then published list of cases scheduled...
• Section 4527 - Effect Of Verdict On Jury Selection Errors
  Except as otherwise prescribed by general rule, errors and omissions in the selection of jurors under this subchapter shall not constitute grounds to set...

Subchapter C.  Summoning Jurors

• Section 4531 - Issuance Of Court Orders For Jurors
  Court orders directing the jury selection commission to select an array of jurors shall be issued in the form prescribed by general rules or...
• Section 4532 - Summoning Persons To Serve As Jurors
  Persons who have been selected for service as jurors shall be summoned to serve in a manner determined by the jury selection commission with...

Subchapter D.  Investigating Grand Juries

• Section 4541 - Short Title Of Subchapter
  This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Investigating Grand Jury Act." Renumbering. Former section 4541 was renumbered 4531 pursuant to...
• Section 4542 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in...
• Section 4543 - Convening County Investigating Grand Jury
  (a) General rule.--In addition to such other grand juries as are called from time to time, county investigating grand juries shall be summoned as...
• Section 4544 - Convening Multicounty Investigating Grand Jury
  (a) General rule.--Application for a multicounty investigating grand jury may be made by the Attorney General to the Supreme Court. In such application the...
• Section 4545 - Composition Of Investigating Grand Jury
  (a) General rule.--Each investigating grand jury shall be composed initially of 23 members and have a minimum of seven and not more than 15...
• Section 4546 - Term Of Investigating Grand Jury
  (a) General rule.--An investigating grand jury shall not be limited in duration to any term of court. Each such investigating grand jury shall, except...
• Section 4547 - Additional Investigating Grand Juries
  Whenever the attorney for the Commonwealth determines that the volume of work of an investigating grand jury exceeds the capacity of the investigating grand...
• Section 4548 - Powers Of Investigating Grand Jury
  (a) General rule.--The investigating grand jury shall have the power to inquire into offenses against the criminal laws of the Commonwealth alleged to have...
• Section 4549 - Investigating Grand Jury Proceedings
  (a) Documents and transcript.--Any document produced before an investigating grand jury may be copied or reproduced. Each statement, question, comment or response of the...
• Section 4550 - Submission Of Investigations By Attorney For The Commonwealth To Investigating Grand Jury
  (a) General rule.--Before submitting an investigation to the investigating grand jury the attorney for the Commonwealth shall submit a notice to the supervising judge....
• Section 4551 - Investigating Grand Jury Presentments
  (a) General rule.--Should the investigating grand jury determine that upon the basis of evidence presented to it a presentment should be returned against an...
• Section 4552 - Investigating Grand Jury Reports
  (a) General rule.--Any investigating grand jury, by an affirmative majority vote of the full investigating grand jury, may, at any time during its term...
• Section 4553 - Expenses Of Investigating Grand Juries And Trials Resulting Therefrom
  (a) County.--The expenses of a county investigating grand jury shall be borne by the county in which it is impaneled. (b) Multicounty.--The expenses of...

Subchapter E.  Miscellaneous Provisions

• Section 4561 - Compensation Of And Travel Allowance For Jurors
  (a) Compensation.--A person summoned to serve as a juror shall receive compensation at the rate of $9 a day for the first three days...
• Section 4562 - Juror's Right To Refuse Inquiries
  Except where jury tampering is being investigated by the proper authorities, a juror shall not be required to answer to any person concerning the...
• Section 4563 - Protection Of Employment Of Petit And Grand Jurors
  (a) General rule.--An employer shall not deprive an employee of his employment, seniority position or benefits, or threaten or otherwise coerce him with respect...
• Section 4563.1 - Protection Of Employment Of Grand Jurors (Deleted By Amendment)
  § 4563.1. Protection of employment of grand jurors (Deleted by amendment). (Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days) 1982 Amendment. Section 4563.1 was...
• Section 4564 - Alternate Jurors
  Alternate jurors shall be selected and shall serve as jurors under terms and conditions prescribed by general rules.
• Section 4565 - Challenging Certain Petit Jurors Where Political Subdivision Is A Party
  A person shall not be challenged for cause and excluded from serving as a juror in any action or proceeding in which a political...

Subchapter F.  Penalties

• Section 4581 - Interfering With Selection Of Jurors
  (a) Commission members and employees.--Any member of the jury selection commission or any employee, clerk, investigator or assistant in the employ of the commission,...
• Section 4582 - Tampering With Names Of Jurors
  Any person who directly or indirectly unlawfully tampers with the names drawn from the master list of prospective jurors or jury wheel or with...
• Section 4583 - Tampering With Jurors
  Any person who, having in any manner ascertained the names of persons drawn from the master list of prospective jurors or jury wheel, shall...
• Section 4583.1 - Aggravated Jury Tampering
  (a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of aggravated jury tampering if the person influences, intimidates or impedes or attempts to influence, intimidate or...
• Section 4584 - Failure Of Juror To Appear
  A prospective juror who has been summoned to serve as a juror and who fails to appear as summoned shall, unless exempt or excused...

Last modified: October 8, 2016