Title 38 — Title 38 — Jurors

38 O.S. § 1 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 10 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

Beginning November 1, 1989, any person, group of persons or organization desiring to circulate a petition for the impaneling of a grand jury, pursuant to the provisions of Section 18 of Article II of the Oklahoma Constitution shall file a copy of said petition with the court cler…

- Amended petition - Appeal of order. Within four (4) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, following the initial filing of any petition calling for the impaneling of a grand jury, the presiding district judge shall enter an order stating whether the face of the petiti…

Upon the entering of an order determining the petition to be sufficient, or upon the successful appeal of an order determining the petition to be insufficient, the circulators of said petition shall have forty-five (45) days to obtain a sufficient number of signatures to impanel …

of signature - Penalty. Any person who offers any payment of money, any gratuity or prize, or any other thing of value, or makes any statement known by them to be false, and who makes such offer or statement to induce a person to sign or to have his name removed from a petition t…

Any person who signs a grand jury petition and subsequently desires to have his or her name removed from such petition may, at any time prior to a determination by the election board of the number of signatures on the petitions, have his or her name removed from said petition by …

election board. Upon the obtaining of the signatures, and within the forty-five day time limitation provided in Section 3 of this act, the completed petitions shall be filed with the court clerk. The court clerk shall copy said petitions and deliver the originals on the next busi…

judge - Determination of sufficiency - Order. Upon receipt by the court clerk of a certification of the number of qualified electors who have signed a petition for grand jury, the presiding district judge shall determine whether or not that number meets the requirement of a grand…

Any person responsible for the creation, drafting or circulating of a grand jury petition may be held liable for civil damages for libel or slander due to any false allegation made in the body of said petition, if such allegations are proven to be made with malice and with an ult…

38 O.S. § 11 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 12 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 13 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 14 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 15 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 16 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 17 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

address changes. For the purpose of ascertaining names of all persons qualified for jury service: 1. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall cause to be provided to the Administrative Director of the Courts, not later than the first day of October of each year, a list by county o…

mechanical or electronic means. A. In lieu of any other procedure now provided by law, the judge in charge of court administration in the county may, by order, adopt a plan for the selection of qualified jurors for jury service with the aid of mechanical or electronic means and i…

A. In lieu of a local plan adopted pursuant to subsection A of Section 18.1 of Title 38 of the Oklahoma Statutes, each district court may utilize an approved electronic jury management system (JMS) authorized by the Administrative Director of the Courts for the random selection o…

A. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall cause to be generated, from the list of names of all persons who are known to be qualified jurors under the law, the general panel of jurors as required under Section 20 of this title or the list of prospective multicounty grand …

38 O.S. § 2 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

duty. A. In each county, the judges of the courts of record shall, more than ten (10) days prior to each term of court, determine approximately the number of jurors that are reasonably necessary for jury service in all the courts of record of the county for each jury period durin…

A. Each member of the general jury panel, when reporting for duty as provided for in Section 20 of this title, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation which shall be in substantially the following form: OATH I, the undersigned, do solemnly swear or affirm that I am a c…

If a grand jury is ordered, the number stated in the judge's order, not to exceed one hundred, shall be summoned as grand jurors, and the grand jury shall be impaneled from said persons. The judge of the district court shall order the court clerk, one of his or her deputies or th…

In the event of a deficiency of jurors at any given time to meet the needs of the district court, the presiding judge or chief judge, or other district court judge acting as his or her designee, having control of the general panel shall direct the court clerk or trial court admin…

A. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall develop a standard form to be used as a summons for service on the grand and petit juries in the district courts of this state. The standard form shall include the time, place and the name of the court where said jurors are requi…

A. In those district courts in which an on-call system is implemented by order of the chief judge of the district court, each juror retained for services subject to call shall be required to contact a center for information as to the time and place of his or her next assignment. …

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A. It is the policy of this state that all citizens qualified for jury service pursuant to this section have an obligation to serve on petit juries when summoned by the courts of this state, unless excused. B. All citizens of the United States, residing in this state, having the …

A. Individuals scheduled to appear for jury service have the right to postpone the date of their initial appearance for jury service one time only. When requested, postponements shall be granted, provided that: 1. The juror has not previously been granted a postponement; 2. The p…

Substantial compliance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be sufficient to prevent the quashing or setting aside of any indictment of a grand jury chosen hereunder, unless irregularity in drawing, summoning or impaneling the grand jury resulted in depriving a defendant of…

38 O.S. § 3 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 30 Repealed by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 19, eff. Jan. 13, 1969

38 O.S. § 31 Repealed by Laws 1968, c. 412, § 19, eff. Jan. 13, 1969

38 O.S. § 32 Repealed by Laws 1968, c. 199, § 2

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employee’s jury service - Use of sick leave or vacation leave - Penalty - Postponement of service. A. Any person who is summoned to serve as a juror and who notifies his or her employer of such summons within a reasonable period of time after receipt of a summons and prior to his…

Every person, firm or corporation who discharges an employee, causes an employee to be discharged, takes other adverse action against an employee or requires an employee to use sick, annual or vacation leave because of said employee’s absence from employment by reason of said emp…

A. Persons serving as jurors during a trial shall not be asked or required to give their complete residence address or telephone number in the presence of the defendant. B. Names and personal information concerning prospective and sitting jurors shall not be disclosed to the publ…

No school, college, university, or other educational institution may take or permit to be taken any adverse academic action against a student because of the student's service on a grand, multicounty grand, or petit jury. Added by Laws 1996, c. 111, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1996…

38 O.S. § 4 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 5 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 6 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 7 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 8 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16

38 O.S. § 9 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 283, § 16