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705 ILCS 305/1 [Jury list]
The county board of each county, except those counties which have a jury administrator or jury commissioners as provided in the Jury Commission Act [705 ILCS 310/0.01 et seq.], shall, at or before the time of its meeting, in September, in each year, or at any time thereafter, when necessary for the purpose of this Act, make a list of the legal voters and the Illinois driver’s license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card holders, and the claimants for unemployment insurance of the county, giving the place of residence of each name on the list, to be known as a jury list. The list shall be made by choosing every tenth name, or other whole number rate necessary to obtain the number required, from the latest voter registration and drivers license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card holders and claimants for unemployment insurance lists of the county. In compiling the jury list, duplication of names shall be avoided to the extent practicable.
As used in this Act, “jury administrator" is defined as under Section 0.05 of the Jury Commission Act [705 ILCS 310/0.05].
Source of jury master lists are drawn (e.g., voter registration, state income tax, etc. )?
705 ILCS 305/1 [Jury list]
The county board of each county, except those counties which have a jury administrator or jury commissioners as provided in the Jury Commission Act [705 ILCS 310/0.01 et seq.], shall, at or before the time of its meeting, in September, in each year, or at any time thereafter, when necessary for the purpose of this Act, make a list of the legal voters and the Illinois driver’s license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card holders, and the claimants for unemployment insurance of the county, giving the place of residence of each name on the list, to be known as a jury list. The list shall be made by choosing every tenth name, or other whole number rate necessary to obtain the number required, from the latest voter registration and drivers license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card holders and claimants for unemployment insurance lists of the county. In compiling the jury list, duplication of names shall be avoided to the extent practicable.
As used in this Act, “jury administrator" is defined as under Section 0.05 of the Jury Commission Act [705 ILCS 310/0.05].
705 ILCS 305/1a Driver’s license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card lists
Driver’s license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card holder’s lists used for the preparation of jury lists, as provided in Section 1 of this Act [705 ILCS 305/1], shall be furnished to either the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, or the county board of each county, except those counties which have jury commissioners as provided in the Jury Commission Act [705 ILCS 310/0.01 et seq.], by the Secretary of State from records in his office. The lists shall contain a list of the persons in that county holding valid driver’s licenses, Illinois Identification Cards, or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Cards who are 18 years of age or older and shall be arranged alphabetically, by county, and shall contain the name, age, and address of each driver’s license, Illinois Identification Card, or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card holder on the list, and the date of issuance of each license.
705 ILCS 305/1a-1 List of claimants for unemployment insurance
The Director of the Department of Employment Security shall annually compile a list of persons age 18 or older, who, in the prior 12 months, filed a claim for unemployment insurance and shall furnish this list to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall furnish that list to the county board of each county, except those counties which have jury commissions as provided in the Jury Commission Act [705 ILCS 310/0.01 et seq.], for use in the preparation of jury lists as provided in Section 1 of this Act [705 ILCS 305/1]. The list shall be in the format currently prescribed by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and shall be provided subject to federal regulations.
705 ILCS 310/2a [Combination of lists]
The combination of the lists of registered voters, driver’s license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card holders, and claimants for unemployment insurance and the preparation of jury lists under this Act shall, when requested by the Chief Judge or his designee, be accomplished through the services of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.
Drawing of juror names from list
705 ILCS 305/8 [Selection from box]
(a) Upon a day designated by the judge of the court, which shall be at least 20 days before the first day for which any of the panel then to be drawn is summoned, the clerk of such court shall repair to the office of the county clerk, and in the presence of a judge and of such county clerk, after the box containing the names has been well shaken by the county clerk, and being blindfolded shall, without partiality, draw from such box the names of a sufficient number of such persons, then residents of the county, not less than 30 for each 2 weeks that such court will probably be in session for the trial of common law cases, to constitute the petit jurors for the time being and where there is an additional judge in such court, a like number for each additional judge requiring a jury, unless the court shall otherwise order: Provided, that the clerk shall at any time, when directed by an order of the court draw in the manner above provided, such number of persons then residents of the county, as shall be required by the order to act as petit jurors in such court for such time as may be fixed in such order: And provided, that should the clerk draw from the box the name of a person who is known to be dead, to have been selected as a grand juror, a non-resident, absent from the State, unable to attend in consequence of illness, or that he is legally disqualified to serve as a juror, the clerk shall report the name of such person to the county clerk, and the clerk of such court shall draw other names until the required number have been selected: Provided, also that whenever there is pending for trial in any of the courts, any criminal cause wherein the defendant is charged with a felony, and the judge holding such court is convinced from the circumstances of the case that a jury cannot be obtained from the regular panel to try the cause, the judge may in his discretion, prior to the day fixed for the trial of the cause, direct the clerk to draw (in the same manner as the regular panel is drawn,) not exceeding 100 names as a special panel from which a jury may be selected to try the cause.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), names of jurors may be randomly drawn by computer.
705 ILCS 305/5 [Subsequent selection of jurors]
At the time of making such selection, the name of the person selected shall be checked off from such list, and shall not be again selected as a juror till every person named upon such list qualified to serve as a juror has been selected; and all subsequent selections of jurors by such board shall be made from such list until all persons thereon qualified to serve have been selected, or until a new list is made: Provided, if any person who has been selected as a juror shall not have been drawn, or have served upon a jury during the year for which he was selected, he shall, if qualified, be selected for the next year.
705 ILCS 305/7 [Clerk shall keep names in box]
A list of jurors so selected shall be kept in the office of the county clerk, who shall write the name and residence of each person selected upon a separate ticket and put the whole into a box to be kept for that purpose.
705 ILCS 305/6 [Exhaustion of list]
As often as such jury list shall have been exhausted, another such list shall be furnished as hereinbefore provided; and as often as such selection shall have been exhausted another selection shall be made as provided in Section 2 of this Act [705 ILCS 305/2], at any meeting of the county board in the respective counties in this State except those which have jury commissioners; such subsequent selection so to be made shall consist of the names of such number of persons as the judges of the circuit court, to be held between the time of such selection and the next September meeting of such board, may by joint action determine. The clerk of the circuit courts at such times as the respective judges of such courts may direct, shall furnish the county clerk a list of all persons who have served as jurors in their respective courts.
705 ILCS 305/20 [Names of petit jurors]
(a) It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court at the commencement of each week at which any cause is to be tried by a jury to write the name of each petit juror summoned and retained for that week on a separate ticket, and put the whole into a box or other place for safekeeping; and as often as it shall be necessary to impanel a jury, the clerk, sheriff or coroner shall, in the presence of the court, draw by chance 12 names (or 14 where alternate jurors are required) out of such box or other place, which shall designate the persons to be sworn on the jury, and in the same manner for the second jury, in their turn, as the court may order and direct. The attorney for any party litigant in any cause assigned to jury trial shall have the right to be present in person at the time and place when the random selection of jurors for trial of said cause is drawn by lot to be assigned to the trial judge for voir dire examination; a party litigant whose attorney is present at the selection process waives any objection to the selection procedure unless the same is asserted prior to the time any prospective juror is called for voir dire examination.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), names of jurors may be randomly drawn by computer.
705 ILCS 310/9.2 [Drawing of jurors]
In single county circuits containing or which may hereafter contain more than one million inhabitants, jurors may be drawn from such parts of the county and assigned to jury service as determined by court rule to be most favorable to an impartial trial and not to incur unnecessary expense or unduly burden the citizens of any part of the county with jury service. Such rule may utilize established divisions within the county.
705 ILCS 310/9.1 [Clerk to draw number of jurors]
In single county circuits, the chief judge of the circuit court of the county shall certify to the clerk of the court the number of petit jurors required each month. The clerk shall then repair to the office of the jury commissioners and there, in the presence of the persons mentioned in Section 8 of this Act [705 ILCS 310/8], proceed to draw by lot the necessary number of names from those made available for such drawing as in Section 8 of this act provided. The clerk shall thereupon certify the electors whose names are so drawn and summon them by the procedure he selects or is directed by the court to select from among those permitted by this Section.
The issuing clerk may use first class mail as the initial form of summons, incorporating any reasonable form of request for acknowledgement which is deemed practical and which would provide a reliable proof of service. One permissible method is the use of a duplex card properly addressed to the person summoned to be a juror and requesting the person so summoned to detach and return to the issuing clerk the part of the duplex card which is attached for his acknowledgement with his signature thereon. As used in this Section, a “duplex card" means any postcard with 2 mailable parts with a summons on one part and a detachable acknowledgement of receipt of such summons on the other part. If the person summoned to be a juror does not return the acknowledgement of the summons in the time period requested, such prospective juror shall not be deemed guilty of a contempt of court.
The issuing clerk may use certified mail as the initial means of service or as a secondary means of service in case the acknowledgement requested in a summons delivered by first class mail is not returned in the time period required. The certified mail may or may not be marked for delivery to the addressee only. The certificate of the issuing clerk that he has sent the summons pursuant to this Section is evidence that he has done so.
If service of summons cannot be made by the type of service selected, the clerk shall reissue such summons and deliver it to the sheriff for service as provided in such case in Section 9 of “An Act governing jurors, and to repeal certain Acts as provided in such therein named," approved February 11, 1874, as amended [705 ILCS 310/9]. If more jurors are needed during the month, a judge of the court shall so certify, and they shall be drawn and certified forthwith in the manner above provided. Whenever a grand jury is required by law or by order of the court, it shall be drawn and certified in like manner.
705 ILCS 310/8 [Active jury list]
In such manner as may be prescribed by rules to be adopted by majority vote of the said judges, the jury administrator or the jury commissioners shall also:
(a) From time to time prepare a secondary list to be known as the active jury list, containing such number of names taken from the general jury list as shall be appointed by the said rules, and in addition thereto, such other lists, to be known as period jury lists, as the said rules may require. Such period jury lists, if provided for, shall contain the names of prospective jurors who shall have indicated, either before or after being summoned for jury duty, at what time of the year they could most conveniently serve. The active jury list and, except as to the names of persons certified back by the clerk of the court as provided in Section 10 of this act [705 ILCS 310/10], the period jury lists, shall be prepared by selecting every twentieth name, or other whole number rate necessary to obtain the number required, or, in counties having a population greater than 1,000,000, in a manner prescribed by the judge in charge of jury selection, from the general jury list;
(b) Make the active jury list and, except as to the names of persons certified back by the clerk of the court as provided in Section 10 of this Act, the period jury lists, available for the clerks of the circuit court to draw therefrom by lot, as hereinafter required, providing for the purpose such devices or mechanisms as the said rules shall prescribe;
(c) See that at least 2 jury commissioners, one jury commissioner and a judge of the circuit court of the county, or a jury administrator shall be present at any such drawing, along with the clerk of the said jury commissioners, if there be one, except that if the names are to be drawn by computer no jury commissioner need be present at any drawing by computer;
(d) Provide for the manner of selection of jurors to be provided to coroners pursuant to Section 10 of “An Act to revise the law in relation to coroners", approved July 1, 1874, as amended [55 ILCS 5/3-3013]; provided that such manner of selection shall be, to the extent practicable, similar to the manner in which petit and grand jurors are selected; and
(e) Perform such other duties in relation to the selection of electors for jury service and their appearance for such service as are prescribed by this act or may be prescribed by the said rules or procedures established by the chief judge of the circuit.
705 ILCS 310/7 [General jury list]
The jury list provided for in Section 2 of this Act [705 ILCS 305/2] shall be known as the general jury list, and the manner of its preparation by the jury administrator or jury commissioners shall be as prescribed by the chief judge or by rules to be adopted by majority vote of the said judges.
History
Procedure for Summoning Jurors
705 ILCS 305/10 [Issuance of summons]
In other than single county circuits, the clerk of the court shall, within 5 days after such drawing, issue summons for a sufficient number of petit jurors, not less than 30 of the persons so drawn, giving their residences and commanding them, to appear at the place of holding such court, at the hour of 10:00 a. m. of such day as the judge shall direct, and a like number to appear at the same place and hour 2 weeks after the time at which the former number of jurors were summoned to appear, and the same number for each 2 weeks thereafter the court will probably be in session, which summons shall be served before the sitting of the court by the issuing clerk as provided in this Section.
The issuing clerk may use first class mail as the initial form of summons, incorporating any reasonable form of request for acknowledgement which is deemed practical and which would provide a reliable proof of service. One permissible method is the use of a duplex card properly addressed to the person summoned to be a juror and requesting the person so summoned to detach and return to the issuing clerk the part of the duplex card which is attached for his acknowledgement with his signature thereon. As used in this Section, a “duplex card" means any postcard with 2 mailable parts with a summons on one part and a detachable acknowledgement of receipt of such summons on the other part.
The issuing clerk may use certified mail as the initial means of service or as a secondary means of service in case the acknowledgement requested in a summons delivered by first class mail is not returned in the time period required. The certified mail may or may not be marked for delivery to the addressee only. If the person summoned to be a juror does not return the acknowledgement of the summons in the time period requested, such prospective juror shall not be deemed guilty of contempt of court.
The certificate of the issuing clerk that he has sent the summons in pursuance of this Section is evidence that he has done so. If service of summons cannot be made by the type of mail service selected, the issuing clerk, shall re-issue such summons that has been returned undelivered and deliver it to the sheriff of the county wherein the court is to be held and he shall make service and return thereof to such issuing clerk of the court.
705 ILCS 305/10.1 [Issuance of summons]
In single county circuits, the clerk of the court shall, within 5 days after such drawing, issue summons for a sufficient number of petit jurors, not less than 30 of the persons so drawn, giving their residences, and commanding them to appear at the place of holding such court, at an hour of such day as the judge shall direct, and a like number to appear at the same place and hour at which the former number of jurors were summoned to appear, and the same number for each period thereafter the court will probably be in session, which summons shall be served before the sitting of the court by the issuing clerk.
The clerk issuing such summons shall follow the procedure he selects or is directed by the court to select among those permitted by this Section.
The issuing clerk may use first class mail as the initial form of summons, incorporating any reasonable form of request for acknowledgment which is deemed practical and which would provide a reliable proof of service. One permissible method is the use of a duplex card properly addressed to the person summoned to be a juror and requesting the person so summoned to detach and return to the issuing clerk the part of the duplex card which is attached for his acknowledgment with his signature thereon. As used in this Section, a “duplex card" means any postcard with 2 mailable parts with a summons on one part and a detachable acknowledgment of receipt of such summons on the other part. If the person summoned to be a juror does not return the acknowledgment of the summons in the time period requested, such prospective juror shall not be deemed guilty of contempt of court.
The issuing clerk may use certified mail as the initial means of service or as a secondary means of service in case the acknowledgment requested in a summons delivered by first class mail is not returned in the time period required. The certified mail may or may not be marked for delivery to the addressee only.
The certificate of the issuing clerk that he has sent the summons pursuant to this Section is evidence that he has done so. If service of summons cannot be made by the type of mail service selected, the issuing clerk shall reissue such summons and deliver it to the sheriff and he shall make service and return thereof to such issuing clerk of the court.
705 ILCS 305/11 [Execution of summons]
In other than single county circuits, where the sheriff serves the summons provided for in this Act it shall be the duty of the sheriff to execute the summons by reading the same or delivering a copy thereof to, or at the usual place of abode of, each of the persons directed to be summoned to constitute the jury as aforesaid, and to make return thereof on or before the return day, to the clerk of the court in which said jurors are to serve, with an endorsement thereon, certifying on whom it has been executed, and the time when; and in default of so doing, such sheriff or other officer shall be considered as guilty of a contempt, and may be fined, for the use of the proper county, in any sum not less than $10 nor more than $200; and it shall be the duty of the court, upon the return of such summons, to inquire into the cause of any failure to serve any such juror, and unless he shall find that the sheriff has used proper diligence to serve such juror, he shall inflict the fine aforesaid. In a copy of said summons it shall not be necessary to enter the names and residences of all the jurors, but shall be sufficient to recite the name and residence of the person to be served by such copy, and adding thereto: Among others, as set forth in the original summons.
Prohibition of Discrimination Against Jurors
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, no person who is qualified and able to serve as a juror may be excluded from jury service in any court of this State on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, or economic status. As used in this subsection, “religion", “sex", “sexual orientation", and “national origin" have the meanings provided in Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act [775 ILCS 5/1-103]. (705 ILCS 305/2 Jury qualifications.)
Qualifications
705 ILCS 305/2 Jury qualifications.
(a) At the September meeting of the county board in each year in the respective counties in this State, except those that have jury commissioners, the board shall select from the list the number of persons as the judges of the circuit courts, to be held in the county during the succeeding year, may by joint action determine to serve as petit jurors. In counties having jury commissioners, the persons to serve as petit jurors shall be selected by the jury commissioners, as provided by law. County boards, a jury administrator, and jury commissioners may utilize the services of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts in making these selections. Jurors in all counties in Illinois must have the legal qualifications herein prescribed. Jurors must be:
(1) Inhabitants of the county.
(2) Of the age of 18 years or upwards.
(3) Free from all legal exception, of fair character, of approved integrity, of sound judgment, well informed, and able to understand the English language, whether in spoken or written form or interpreted into sign language.
(4) Citizens of the United States of America.
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, no person who is qualified and able to serve as a juror may be excluded from jury service in any court of this State on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, or economic status. As used in this subsection, “religion", “sex", “sexual orientation", and “national origin" have the meanings provided in Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act [775 ILCS 5/1-103].
705 ILCS 305/12 [Qualification of jurors]
The judge shall examine the jurors who appear, and if more than twenty-four petit jurors who are qualified and not subject to any of the disqualifications provided in this Act, shall appear and remain after all excuses are allowed, the court may discharge by lot the number in excess of twenty-four. If for any reason the panel of petit jurors shall not be full at any time the clerk of such court may again repair to the office of the county clerk and draw in the same manner as at the first drawing, such number of jurors as the court shall direct, to fill such panel, who shall be summoned in the same manner as the others, and if necessary, jurors may continue to be so drawn and summoned from time to time until the panel is filled. In case a jury is required in such court for trial of any cause, before the panel is filled in the manner herein provided, the court shall direct the sheriff to summon from the bystanders, or from the body of the county, a sufficient number of persons having the qualifications of jurors, as provided in this Act, to fill the panel in order that a jury to try such cause may be drawn therefrom, and when such jury is drawn, the persons selected from the bystanders or from the body of the county to fill the panel and not chosen on the jury, shall be discharged from the panel and those who are chosen to serve on such jury shall also be discharged from the panel at the conclusion of the trial: Provided, that persons selected from the bystanders, as provided in this section, shall not thereby be disqualified or exempt from service as jurors, when regularly drawn by the clerk for that purpose, in the manner provided in this Act.
Disqualifications
**ACTUAL DISQUALIFICATIONS NOT SPELLED OUT IN ANY SINGLE LAW**
705 ILCS 305/12 [Qualification of jurors]
The judge shall examine the jurors who appear, and if more than twenty-four petit jurors who are qualified and not subject to any of the disqualifications provided in this Act, shall appear and remain after all excuses are allowed, the court may discharge by lot the number in excess of twenty-four. If for any reason the panel of petit jurors shall not be full at any time the clerk of such court may again repair to the office of the county clerk and draw in the same manner as at the first drawing, such number of jurors as the court shall direct, to fill such panel, who shall be summoned in the same manner as the others, and if necessary, jurors may continue to be so drawn and summoned from time to time until the panel is filled. In case a jury is required in such court for trial of any cause, before the panel is filled in the manner herein provided, the court shall direct the sheriff to summon from the bystanders, or from the body of the county, a sufficient number of persons having the qualifications of jurors, as provided in this Act, to fill the panel in order that a jury to try such cause may be drawn therefrom, and when such jury is drawn, the persons selected from the bystanders or from the body of the county to fill the panel and not chosen on the jury, shall be discharged from the panel and those who are chosen to serve on such jury shall also be discharged from the panel at the conclusion of the trial: Provided, that persons selected from the bystanders, as provided in this section, shall not thereby be disqualified or exempt from service as jurors, when regularly drawn by the clerk for that purpose, in the manner provided in this Act.
Excusal or Exemptions
"705 ILCS 305/10.2 Excusing prospective jurors; hardship
(a) The county boards of the respective counties, the jury commissioners for those counties which have been appointed under the Jury Commission Act [705 ILCS 310/0.01 et seq.], or a jury administrator shall submit questionnaires to prospective jurors to inquire as to their qualifications for jury service and as to the hardship that jury service would pose to the prospective jurors. Upon prior approval by the chief judge of the judicial circuits in which a county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners are situated, the county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioners shall excuse a prospective juror from jury service if the prospective juror shows that such service would impose an undue hardship on account of the nature of the prospective juror’s occupation, business affairs, physical health, family situation, active duty in the Illinois National Guard or Illinois Naval Militia, or other personal affairs, and cause his or her name to be returned to the jury list or general jury list.
(b) When an undue hardship caused by a family situation is due to the prospective juror being the primary care giver of a person with a mental or physical disability, a person with a medically diagnosed behavior problem, or a child under age 12, then the county board, jury commissioners or jury administrator shall excuse such a prospective juror, if it finds that no reasonable alternative care is feasible which would not impose an undue hardship on the prospective juror or the person for whom the prospective juror is providing care, or both."
705 ILCS 310/10 [Excuse from service]
When any elector drawn and summoned as a petit juror or as a grand juror shall appear in obedience to summons, any judge of the court in which he has thus appeared, if satisfied that, on account of the nature of the elector’s occupation, business affairs, physical health, family situation, active duty in military service, or other personal affairs, service at another time will subject him to less inconvenience, shall have discretion to excuse him temporarily from service as juror or grand juror and require him to appear at a subsequent day not later than one year from the time of such excuse. And if any elector so excused shall fail to appear for service at the later day thus designated, his attendance shall be enforced in the same manner as is now provided by law for the case of his failure to appear in obedience to summons. When any elector has been so temporarily excused, the fact of such excuse and the day at which he is to appear for service shall be certified by the clerk of the court to the jury commissioners or the jury administrator. The jury commissioners or the jury administrator shall thereupon place the name of such elector upon the appropriate period jury list, if period jury lists have been provided for by the said rules, and, in any case, shall, at least ten days before the day at which he is required to appear for service, send him by mail a notice reminding him of his duty to appear. Failure to send such notice, however, shall not affect the duty of the elector to appear as required at the time of his temporary excuse. The number of petit jurors to be drawn by the clerk of any of the said courts for any given month, as provided in Section 9 of this act [705 ILCS 310/9], shall be reduced by the number of petit jurors on the period jury list under duty to appear in that court at that month. A like reduction shall be made in the number of persons to be drawn as grand jurors as provided in Section 9 of this Act.
Limited Frequency of Jury Service
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Who handles excusals is prescribed?
**Jury administrator or jury commissioners**
705 ILCS 310/10.5 Removal of prospective juror due to total and permanent disability
If a prospective juror is found to be unqualified due to the existence of a total and permanent disability or is excused for undue hardship that is due to the existence of a total and permanent disability, the jury administrator or jury commissioners shall permanently exclude the prospective juror from all current and subsequent jury lists or general jury lists. Proof of total and permanent disability shall be either:
(1) a written letter from a licensed physician that states the prospective juror has a total and permanent disability as defined in this Section, describes the disability, explains how it prevents the prospective juror from serving as a juror, and states that the prospective juror will never be able to serve as a juror;
(2) a copy of an individualized education program plan for the prospective juror who participates in a special education program or receives transition or supported employment services under Article 14 of the School Code, submitted by the prospective juror or his or her legal guardian; or
(3) a copy of a court order for guardianship showing that the juror has been adjudged totally without capacity and a plenary guardian has been appointed.
The jury administrator or jury commissioners shall create and maintain a list of persons to be permanently excluded from any jury list or general jury list pursuant to this Section. The jury administrator or jury commissioners shall notify a prospective juror, or his or her legal guardian, when the juror is permanently excluded from all current and subsequent jury lists or general jury lists due to total and permanent disability.
For the purposes of this Section, “total and permanent disability" means any physical or mental impairment, disease, or loss of a permanent nature that prevents performance of the duties of a juror. “Total and permanent disability" does not include an impairment or disease that is transitory or minor in nature or is capable of being improved.
History
Deferral/Postponement of jury service allowed
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Number of petit jurors for jury trial is prescribed?
"705 ILCS 305/16 [Number of jurors]
A full panel of the grand jury shall consist of sixteen persons, twelve of whom shall be sufficient to constitute a grand jury."
705 ILCS 305/21 [Duty of court; number of jurors]
Upon the impaneling of any jury in any civil cause now pending, or to be hereafter commenced in any court in this state, it shall be the duty of the court, upon request of either party to the suit, or upon its own motion, to order its full number of jurors into the jury box, before either party shall be required to examine any of the jurors touching their qualifications to try any such causes: Provided, that the jury shall be passed upon and accepted in panels of four by the parties, commencing with the plaintiff. Alternate jurors shall be passed upon separately.
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