Oklahoma § 38-23 - Juries - Standard form of summons - Service
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§ 38-23. Juries - Standard form of summons - Service
A. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall develop a
standard form to be used as a summons for service on the grand and
petit juries in the district courts of this state. The standard
form shall include the time, place and the name of the court where
said jurors are required to attend.
B. The summons shall be served by mailing a copy of such
summons to the person selected for service not less than ten (10)
days before the day said person is to appear as a juror in such
court. The person mailing the summons shall make a return of such
service by filing an affidavit stating the date of mailing the
summons; provided, that this shall not prevent service of special
venire or talesman by the sheriff of the county.
C. In any district court where an electronic jury management
system is implemented pursuant to Section 13 of this act, grand and
petit jurors may be summoned by using the automated process of
creating and mailing juror summons provided in the electronic jury
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 38. Jurors
management system. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall
develop a standard juror summons form to be used in the system,
which shall include a section for the district court to add
information specific to the local court. Where the court follows
the procedures for creating and mailing the summons as set forth in
Section 13 of this act, the return-of-service affidavit required by
subsection B of this section need not be filed.
Added by Laws 1949, p. 281, § 6, emerg. eff. June 2, 1949. Amended
by Laws 1957, p. 410, § 1; Laws 1973, c. 174, § 1; Laws 1988, c. 33,
§ 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 2015, c. 242, § 10, emerg. eff. May 4,
2015.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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