Sec. 62.014. SUMMONS FOR JURY SERVICE BY BAILIFFS. (a) In a county with at least nine district courts, the district judges may direct that prospective jurors be summoned for jury service by the sheriff or by a bailiff, or an assistant or deputy bailiff, in charge of the central jury room and the general panel of the county.
(b) A summons under this section to appear for jury service may be made verbally in person, by registered mail, by ordinary mail, or by any other method as determined by the district judges of the county.
(c) Prospective jurors summoned under this section for service on the general jury panel serve as jurors in civil and criminal cases, and additional summons for service in criminal cases is not required.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
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