RCW 2.36.010 Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) “Civil rights restored” means a person’s right to vote has been automatically restored prior to reporting for jury service. (2) “Court” when used without further qualification means any superior court or court of limited jurisdiction in […]
RCW 2.36.020 Kinds of juries. There shall be three kinds of juries— (1) A grand jury. (2) A petit jury. (3) A jury of inquest. [ 1891 c 48 § 2; RRS § 90.]
RCW 2.36.050 Juries in courts of limited jurisdiction. In courts of limited jurisdiction, juries shall be selected and impaneled in the same manner as in the superior courts, except that a court of limited jurisdiction shall use the master jury list developed by the superior court to select a jury panel. Jurors for the jury […]
RCW 2.36.052 Courts of limited jurisdiction—Performance of jury management activities by superior court authorized. Pursuant to an agreement between the judge or judges of each superior court and the judge or judges of each court of limited jurisdiction, jury management activities may be performed by the superior court for any county or judicial district as […]
RCW 2.36.054 Jury source list—Master jury list—Creation. Unless otherwise specified by rule of the supreme court, the jury source list and master jury list for each county shall be created as provided by this section. (1) The superior court of each county, after consultation with the county clerk and county auditor of that jurisdiction, shall […]
RCW 2.36.055 Jury source list—Jury assignment areas—Master jury list—Compilation. The superior court at least annually shall cause a jury source list to be compiled from a list of all registered voters and a list of licensed drivers and identicard holders residing in the county. In a county with more than one superior court facility and […]
RCW 2.36.057 Expanded jury source list—Court rules. The supreme court is requested to adopt court rules regarding methodology and standards for merging the list of registered voters in Washington state with the list of licensed drivers and identicard holders in Washington state for purposes of creating an expanded jury source list. The rules should specify […]
RCW 2.36.0571 Jury source list—Master jury list—Adoption of rules for implementation of methodology and standards by agencies. The secretary of state, the department of licensing, and the consolidated technology services agency shall adopt administrative rules as necessary to provide for the implementation of the methodology and standards established pursuant to RCW 2.36.057 and 2.36.054 or […]
RCW 2.36.063 Compilation of jury source list, master jury list, and selection of jurors by electronic data processing. The judge or judges of the superior court of any county may employ a properly programmed electronic data processing system or device to compile the jury source list, and to compile the master jury list and to […]
RCW 2.36.065 Judges to ensure random selection—Description of process. It shall be the duty of the judges of the superior court to ensure continued random selection of the master jury list and jury panels, which shall be done without regard to whether a person’s name originally appeared on the list of registered voters, or on […]
RCW 2.36.070 Qualification of juror. A person shall be competent to serve as a juror in the state of Washington unless that person: (1) Is less than eighteen years of age; (2) Is not a citizen of the United States; (3) Is not a resident of the county in which he or she has been […]
RCW 2.36.072 Determination of juror qualification—Written or electronic declaration. (1) Each court shall establish a means to preliminarily determine by a written or electronic declaration signed under penalty of perjury by the person summoned, the qualifications set forth in RCW 2.36.070 of each person summoned for jury duty prior to their appearance at the court […]
RCW 2.36.080 Selection of jurors—State policy—Exclusion on account of membership in a protected class or economic status prohibited. (1) It is the policy of this state that all persons selected for jury service be selected at random from a fair cross section of the population of the area served by the court, and that all […]
RCW 2.36.093 Selection of jurors—Length and number of terms—Time of service. (1) At such time as the judge or judges of any court of any county shall deem that the public business requires a jury term to be held, the judge or judges shall direct that a jury panel be selected and summoned to serve […]
RCW 2.36.095 Summons to persons selected. (1) Persons selected to serve on a petit jury, grand jury, or jury of inquest shall be summoned by mail or personal service. The county clerk shall issue summons and thereby notify persons selected for jury duty. The clerk may issue summons for any jury term, in any consecutive […]
RCW 2.36.100 Excuse from service—Reasons—Assignment to another term—Summons for additional service—Certification of prior service. (1) Except for a person who is not qualified for jury service under RCW 2.36.070, no person may be excused from jury service by the court except upon a showing of undue hardship, extreme inconvenience, public necessity, or any reason deemed […]
RCW 2.36.110 Judge must excuse unfit person. It shall be the duty of a judge to excuse from further jury service any juror, who in the opinion of the judge, has manifested unfitness as a juror by reason of bias, prejudice, indifference, inattention or any physical or mental defect or by reason of conduct or […]
RCW 2.36.130 Additional names. If for any reason the jurors drawn for service upon a jury for any term shall not be sufficient to dispose of the pending jury business, or where no jury is in regular attendance and the business of the court may require the attendance of a jury before a regular term, […]
RCW 2.36.150 Juror expense payments—Reimbursement by state—Pilot projects. Jurors shall receive for each day’s attendance, besides mileage at the rate determined under RCW 43.03.060, the following expense payments: (1) Grand jurors may receive up to twenty-five dollars but in no case less than ten dollars; (2) Petit jurors may receive up to twenty-five dollars but […]
RCW 2.36.165 Leave of absence from employment to be provided—Denial of promotional opportunities prohibited—Penalty—Civil action. (1) An employer shall provide an employee with a sufficient leave of absence from employment to serve as a juror when that employee is summoned pursuant to chapter 2.36 RCW. (2) An employer shall not deprive an employee of employment […]
