28 U.S.C. § 1865
Qualifications for jury service
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 1865, Qualifications for jury service, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465373
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In making such determination the chief judge of the district court, or such other district court judge as the plan may provide, or the clerk if the court’s jury selection plan so provides, shall deem any person qualified to serve on grand and petit juries in the district court unless he—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Jury System Improvements Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally