Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 305 — Jury Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Jury Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

The county board of each county, except those counties which have a jury administrator or jury commissioners as provided in the Jury Commission Act, 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 vo…

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 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, shall be…

List of claimants for unemployment insurance

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 Admi…

The combination of the lists of registered voters, driver's license, Illinois Identification Card, or 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 acco…

Jury qualifications

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…

If, for any reason, the list or the selection provided for in the foregoing sections of this act shall not be made at the meeting of the board held at the time specified, such list or selection shall be made at any meeting to be held as soon thereafter as may be. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 630.)

Jury duty; notice to employer; right to time off

Jury duty; notice to employer; right to time off. (a) Any person who is not legally disqualified to serve on juries, and has been duly summoned for jury duty for either petit or grand jury service, shall be given time off from employment to serve upon the jury for which such employee is summoned, regardless of the empl…

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…

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, at any meeting of the county board in the respective counties in this State…

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. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 630.)

(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…

In other than single county circuits, if a grand jury is required by law or by the order of the judge for any court, the county board in each of the counties in this State wherein such court is directed to be held, at least 20 days before the time of appearance specified in the summons hereinafter mentioned shall selec…

In single county circuits, if a grand jury is required by law or by the order of the judge for any court, the county board in each of the counties in this State wherein such court is directed to be held, at least 20 days before the time of appearance specified in the summons hereinafter mentioned shall select 16 person…

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…

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…

Excusing prospective jurors; hardship

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, or a jury administrator shall submit questionnaires to prospective jurors to inquire as to their qualifications for jury service and…

Excusing prospective jurors; nursing mothers

Excusing prospective jurors; nursing mothers. Any mother nursing her child shall, upon request, be excused from jury service. (Source: P.A. 94-391, eff. 1-1-06.)

Removal of prospective juror due to total and permanent disability

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 county board, jury administrator, or jury…

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 afo…

In single county circuits, 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 cl…

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 th…

When by reason of challenge in the selection of a jury for the trial of any cause, or by reason of the sudden sickness or absence of any juror for any cause, the regular panel is exhausted, the court may direct the sheriff to summon a sufficient number of persons having the qualifications of jurors to fill the panel fo…

It shall be sufficient cause of challenge of a petit juror that he lacks any one of the qualifications mentioned in Section 2 of this Act; or if he is not one of the regular panel, that he has served as a juror on the trial of a cause in any court in the county within one year previous to the time of his being offered…

Every person who shall fail to attend when lawfully summoned to appear as a grand or petit juror, without having a reasonable excuse, shall be considered as guilty of a contempt, and shall be fined by the courts, respectively, in any sum not less than $5 nor more than $100, for the use of the proper county, unless good…