Tennessee § 22-1-101 - Obligation to serve — Qualifications.

§ 22-1-101. Obligation to serve — Qualifications.

It is policy of this state that all qualified citizens have an obligation to serve on petit juries or grand juries when summoned by the courts of this state, unless excused. Every person eighteen (18) years of age, being a citizen of the United States, and a resident of this state, and of the county in which the person may be summoned for jury service for a period of twelve (12) months next preceding the date of the summons, is legally qualified to act as a grand or petit juror, if not otherwise incompetent under the express provisions of this title. Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Former chapter 1, §§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-107 (Code 1858, §§ 4002 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 119, § 2; 1835-1836, ch. 6, § 8), 4004, 4003 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 68, § 1), 4005 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 20, §§ 1, 2; 1831, ch. 103, § 10), 4006 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 107, § 1), 4007, 4008 (deriv. Acts 1779 (Oct.), ch. 6, § 11); impl. am. Acts 1867-1868, ch. 31, § 1; Acts 1877, ch. 52, § 1; 1887, ch. 211, § 1; 1897, ch. 112, § 5; 1903, ch. 38, § 1; 1909, ch. 400, § 125; Shan., §§ 5813-5819; Acts 1919, ch. 79, § 1; Code 1932, §§ 10006, 10007, 10009-10012, 10014; Acts 1951, ch. 71, § 4; 1973, ch. 76, § 1; Acts 1977, ch. 197, § 1; 1979, ch. 416, § 1, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 22-101 — 22-107; Code 1932, § 10007; Acts 1987, ch. 37, §§ 1-4; 1989, ch. 591, § 119; 1991, ch. 215, § 1; 1993, ch. 309, §§ 2-4; Acts 1994, ch. 785, § 1; 1996, ch. 690, § 1), concerning qualifications and exemptions, was repealed by Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 1, effective January 1, 2009. Effective Dates. Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 9. January 1, 2009. Law Reviews. Criminal Procedure—Juror Misconduct and Bias—Assessing the Prejudicial Effect of Extra-Judicial Communications by Jurors in a Technologically Advanced Society, 82 Tenn. L. Rev. 253 (2014). What Jurors Want to Know: Motivating Juror Cognition to Increase Legal Knowledge & Improve Decisionmaking, 81 Tenn. L. Rev. 752 (2014). Attorney General Opinions. Qualifying jurors and assigning jury-service dates online, OAG 14-64, 2014 Tenn. AG Lexis 67 (6/25/14) Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), §§ 9.13, 16.28, 25.45. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 3-6-6. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Aliens, §§ 3, 9; 14 Tenn. Juris., Grand Jury, §§ 3, 5; 17 Tenn. Juris., Jury, §§ 2, 13. Law Reviews. Picking a Jury: Who Are You Talking To? 67 Tenn. L. Rev. 517 (2000). Symposium, Communicating with Juries, 67 Tenn. L. Rev. 517 (2000). The Tennessee Court Systems — The Jury System, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 489. Theology in the Jury Room: Religious Discussion as “Extra Material” in the Course of Capital Punishment Deliberations, 55 Vand. L. Rev. 127 (2002). Attorney General Opinions. A juvenile may not serve on a jury in Tennessee, OAG 04-146 (9/02/04). There is no conflict in the same person acting as both the grand jury foreperson and the security officer for the general sessions court in the same count, OAG 05-162 (10/20/05). Comparative Legislation. Qualifications and exemptions of jurors: Ala. Code § 12-16-1 et seq.; § 12-16-55 et seq. Ark. Code § 16-31-101 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 15-12-20 et seq. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 29A.010 et seq. Miss. Code Ann. §§ 13-5-1 , 13-5-23 , 13-5-25 . Mo. Rev. Stat. § 494.400. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 9-1 et seq. Va. Code § 8.01-337 et seq. Cited: State v. Hester, 324 S.W.3d 1, 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 897 (Tenn. Oct. 5, 2010).