517 – Excuses and Postponements.
§ 517. Excuses and postponements. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph two of this subdivision, the commissioner of jurors may, in his or her discretion, on the application of a prospective juror who has been summoned to attend, excuse such prospective juror from a part or the whole of the time of jury […]
518 – Discharge by the Court.
§ 518. Discharge by the court. The court shall discharge a person from serving as a trial or a grand juror whenever it satisfactorily appears that he or she is not qualified.
519 – Right of Juror to Be Absent From Employment.
§ 519. Right of juror to be absent from employment. Any person who is summoned to serve as a juror under the provisions of this article and who notifies his or her employer to that effect prior to the commencement of a term of service shall not, on account of absence from employment by reason […]
519-A – Right of Sequestered Jurors to Be Provided With Food Conforming to Religious Tenets.
§ 519-a. Right of sequestered jurors to be provided with food conforming to religious tenets. 1. Every juror shall have the right to be provided upon request meals consisting of food or food products prepared in accordance with the religious requirements of the person when meals would be otherwise provided during any period in which […]
520 – Trial Jurors to Serve in Other Parts, Terms or Courts.
§ 520. Trial jurors to serve in other parts, terms or courts. Trial jurors drawn for service pursuant to the provisions of this article may serve as trial jurors in any term or part of the same court when it sits in terms or parts, or in any other court in the same county or […]
521 – Fees and Travel Expenses of Jurors.
§ 521. Fees and travel expenses of jurors. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, trial and grand jurors in each court of the unified court system shall be entitled to an allowance equal to the sum of forty dollars per day for each and every day of physical attendance wherein the […]
521-A – Fees of Trial Jury.
§ 521-a. Fees of trial jury. In any action or special proceeding in a court of the unified court system that requires a juror’s physical attendance for more than thirty days, the court, by an order entered into the minutes, shall notify the commissioner of jurors of such service. The commissioner of jurors, upon receipt […]
509 – Qualification of Jurors.
§ 509. Qualification of jurors. (a) The commissioner of jurors shall determine the qualifications of a prospective juror on the basis of information provided on the juror’s qualification questionnaire. The commissioner of jurors may also consider other information including information obtained from public agencies concerning previous criminal convictions. The commissioner may require the fingerprinting of […]
500 – Declaration of Policy.
§ 500. Declaration of policy. It is the policy of this state that all litigants in the courts of this state entitled to trial by jury shall have the right to grand and petit juries selected at random from a fair cross-section of the community in the county or other governmental subdivision wherein the court […]
501 – Application of Article.
§ 501. Application of article. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this article shall apply to grand and petit jurors in all courts of the unified court system in which a jury may be drawn, whether such courts are of record or not of record.