Title 21, Juries
4 chapters · 51 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 21-201 Qualifications
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Every juror, grand and trial, shall be at least eighteen years of age and meet the following qualifications: 1. Be a citizen of the United States. 2. Be a resident of the jurisdiction in which the juror is summoned to serve. A citizen whose name and address appears on the master …
A.R.S. § 21-202 Persons entitled to be excused from jury service
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A. It is the policy of this state that all qualified citizens have an obligation to serve on juries when summoned by the courts of this state, unless excused. B. On timely application to the court, the following persons shall be excused temporarily from service as a juror if the …
A.R.S. § 21-211 Disqualification
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The following persons shall be disqualified to serve as jurors in any particular action: 1. Witnesses in the action. 2. Persons interested directly or indirectly in the matter under investigation. 3. Persons related by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree to either …
A.R.S. § 21-221 Fees and mileage
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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. For each mile necessarily traveled from his residence to the court and back to his residence, an amount equal to the amount paid to state officers …
A.R.S. § 21-222 Fair jury improvement fund
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(Rpld. 7/1/31) A. The fair jury improvement fund is established consisting of monies received from the additional fees paid on all filings, appearances, responses and answers pursuant to section 12-115 and monies appropriated by the legislature. The monies in the fund shall not b…
A.R.S. § 21-223 Failure of juror to attend; fine
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It is unlawful for a juror who is summoned and who fails to obtain a postponement or who is not excused from jury service to wilfully and without reasonable excuse fail to attend on the date scheduled for jury service. If the person fails to respond to a second summons the court …
A.R.S. § 21-233 Misconduct of challenged grand juror; classification
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A grand juror who, with knowledge that a challenge interposed against him by a defendant has been allowed, is present at, or who takes part in the consideration of the charge against the defendant who interposed the challenge, or the deliberations of the grand jury thereon, is gu…
A.R.S. § 21-235 Recording, listening to, observing proceedings unlawful; classification
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A. A person who knowingly, by any means whatsoever, records all or part of the proceedings of any grand jury while it is in session or listens to or observes the proceedings of any grand jury of which he is not a member while such jury is in session is guilty of a class 2 misdeme…
A.R.S. § 21-236 Employment rights; automatic postponement; violation; classification
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A. An employer shall not require or request an employee to use annual, vacation or sick leave for time spent responding to a summons for jury duty, participating in the jury selection process or actually serving on a jury. This subsection does not require an employer to provide a…