Section 16-13-15 - Deletion of persons from master juror list--Duty of clerk of court to furnish list ofpersons who have recently served--Recording of reasons for disqualification ofstricken persons.
16-13-15. Deletion of persons from master juror list--Duty of clerk of court to furnish list of persons who have recently served--Recording of reasons for disqualification of stricken persons. The board of jury selectors shall ascertain whether each of the persons on the master juror list has the qualifications of a juror as provided by § 16-13-10 from the information available to the board from records of the county or other readily available sources, or has served as a juror within two years. A person has served as a juror if that person has been summoned and appeared for a trial. If, from examination of the master juror lists, it appears that any person listed thereon does not have the qualifications to serve as a juror or has served as a juror within two preceding years, the board of jury selectors shall strike such name from the list and draw another in its place. The board shall adjust the number to be drawn to allow for the elimination of the names of those disqualified.
The board of jury selectors shall record with the list of jurors the reasons for disqualification of any person stricken from the master jury list.
Source: SL 1935, ch 85, § 8; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1007; SL 1972, ch 125, § 13; SL 1974, ch 156; SL 1982, ch 172, § 10; SL 1992, ch 153, § 13; SL 1996, ch 144, § 1; SL 1997, ch 119, § 4; SL 2003, ch 118, § 9.