Oklahoma § 38-18 - Licensed drivers list - Time period - Volunteers - Name and

§ 38-18. Licensed drivers list - Time period - Volunteers - Name and

address changes.

For the purpose of ascertaining names of all persons qualified

for jury service:

1. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall cause to be provided

to the Administrative Director of the Courts, not later than the

first day of October of each year, a list by county of residence of

persons who reside in the county, who are eighteen (18) years of age

or older, and who are holders of a current driver license or a

current identification license issued by the Department of Public

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 38. Jurors

Safety. The list shall contain the name, date of birth, and mailing

address of each person listed. The list may be maintained in

electronic format and shall be used exclusively for jury selection

purposes. The Administrative Director of the Courts and the court

clerk shall not copy or permit any person to copy the list or any

portion thereof for purposes other than jury selection;

2. All names and addresses of the persons so listed under the

provisions of paragraph 1 of this section shall be used thereafter

in the selection of juries; provided, however, no jury panel shall

be quashed because of a duplication of names;

3. The list will be furnished by the Administrative Director of

the Courts to the district courts according to the period of time

and in the format prescribed by the Administrative Director of the

Courts, and the district courts may maintain and use the list in

electronic format as a necessary part of an approved electronic jury

management system implemented pursuant to Section 13 of this act;

4. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to

preclude persons otherwise qualified to serve as jurors from

volunteering for jury service in a manner prescribed by the

Administrative Director of the Courts; and

5. The Administrative Director of the Courts, the trial court

administrator or the court clerk may accept changes or corrections

in a mailing address or county of residence of a qualified juror

from such qualified juror or from an electronic address verification

process implemented pursuant to Section 13 of this act. Changes may

be accepted in any manner prescribed by the Administrative Director

of the Courts.

Added by Laws 1949, p. 279, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2, 1949. Amended

by Laws 1973, c. 204, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1973; Laws 1974, c.

136, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1974; Laws 1985, c. 273, § 1; Laws

1987, c. 134, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 348, § 20, eff.

Oct. 1, 1989; Laws 1996, c. 58, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997,

c. 400, § 12, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 390, § 14, emerg.

eff. June 4, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 234, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws

2015, c. 242, § 5, emerg. eff. May 4, 2015.