§ 9-10-1. Notice by court of jurors required — Notifications to sergeants and constables. From time to time as occasion may require, the superior court or family court shall direct notices to be sent by the clerk thereof to the jury commissioner that there will be required for the county or counties for which the […]
§ 9-10-10. Penalty for failure of juror to attend. Every person duly notified to attend any court as juror, who does not attend as required or give satisfactory excuse to the court for not attending, or shall absent himself/herself therefrom without leave of the court, shall be brought before the court and, upon being adjudged […]
§ 9-10-11. Fines levied against jurors. All fines incurred by jurors and persons returned or notified as jurors under this chapter shall be levied and collected to the use of the state by warrant of distress from the court, directed to the sheriff or his or her deputy of the county in which the person […]
§ 9-10-11.1. Size of juries in civil cases. Juries in civil cases shall be composed of six (6) persons and such alternate jurors as may be called pursuant to § 9-10-13. History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 156, § 1.
§ 9-10-11.2. Qualification and division of petit jury panels. The presiding justice of the superior court and the chief judge of the family court may assign a justice of those courts or the jury commissioner for the purpose of qualifying petit jurors and dividing the petit jury panels into subpanels. The assigned justice shall order […]
§ 9-10-12. Drawing and impaneling of trial jury. On the day when the petit jurors are summoned to attend at a court in any court for the trial of either civil or criminal cases, the clerk shall cause the name and place of abode of each person summoned as a juror to be written upon […]
§ 9-10-12.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 203, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 156, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 98, § 1.
§ 9-10-12.2. Subpanels in any county. The provisions of § 9-10-11.2 may be made applicable to any county outside the counties of Providence and Bristol by order of the presiding justice of the superior court whenever he or she shall determine that the expedition of jury trials in that county will be furthered or improved […]
§ 9-10-13. Alternate jurors. Whenever in the opinion of the court the trial of a civil case before a jury is likely to be a protracted one, the court may, immediately after the jury is impaneled and sworn, direct the calling of one or two (2) additional jurors, to be known as alternate jurors. Alternate […]
§ 9-10-14. Court examination of prospective jurors. The court shall, on motion of either party in a suit, examine on oath a person who is called as a juror therein, to know whether he or she is related to either party, has any interest in the cause, or has expressed or formed an opinion or […]
§ 9-10-15. Residence or tax payment in town not ground for challenge. In complaints, indictments, and penal actions for the recovery of any sum of money or other thing forfeited, it shall not be cause for challenge to a juror that he or she resides or is liable to pay taxes in any town which […]
§ 9-10-16. State citizenship not ground for challenge. No person shall be disqualified to act as a juror in any case in which the state is directly or indirectly a party by reason of his or her being a citizen thereof. History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1948, § 35; G.L. 1923, ch. 329, § 35; […]
§ 9-10-17. Waiver of objection to juror by silence. If a party knows of any objection to a juror before the case is opened to the jury and omits to suggest it to the court, he or she shall not afterwards make the objection, unless by express leave of the court. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, […]
§ 9-10-18. Peremptory challenges. Either party in a civil action may, before the opening of the action or proceeding to the jury, challenge in writing, addressed to the clerk of the court, any qualified jurors called for the trial of the cause or proceeding, not exceeding one in three (3), without alleging or showing any […]
§ 9-10-19. Keeping and disposition of peremptory challenges. Written objections or challenges, filed under the provisions of § 9-10-18, shall be kept in such place and shall be disposed of in such manner, as the court shall direct. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 350; G.L. 1909, ch. 291, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 341, § […]
§ 9-10-2. Service of notice on jurors. The city or town sergeant or certified constable, upon receipt of the notification as provided in § 9-10-1, shall forthwith make service of the notification upon the persons named therein as jurors by delivering to each of them, or by leaving at their last and usual place of […]
§ 9-10-20. Oaths of jurors. Grand and petit jurors, before acting as such, shall take the oath prescribed for them in the following terms: GRAND JURORS OATH “You severally and solemnly swear (or, affirm) that as members of the grand inquest for the body of the county (or counties) of _______ you will diligently inquire […]
§ 9-10-21. Exemption of juror from process. The person and estate of every juror attending any court in this state shall be exempt from all process in any civil action during the period of his or her attendance on the court and for three (3) days next before the time he or she shall be […]
§ 9-10-22. Service of forbidden process void. The service of all process contrary to § 9-10-21 shall be void. History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1948, § 31; G.L. 1923, ch. 329, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 27; P.L. 1939, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-10-22.
§ 9-10-3. Service of summons by jury commissioner. Whenever on receipt of a notice from the clerk of the superior or family court for grand or petit jurors it shall appear to the jury commissioner to be impossible to get the returns from the officer or officers who customarily serve the summons in proper time […]
