Rule 2.510.Juror Personal History Questionnaire

Before anyone sits as a juror, the court clerk or jury board has them complete a personal history questionnaire, using a form the state court administrator adopts statewide; refusing to answer, or answering falsely, is contempt of court. Once completed, the questionnaire goes back to the clerk or jury board, and only a defined circle of people can examine it: the court's judges, the clerk and deputy clerks, the parties and attorneys in cases where that particular juror is called to serve, and anyone else authorized by rule or court order. Attorneys have to get a reasonable chance to review the questionnaires before they're asked to exercise challenges for cause, following one of several model access procedures the state court administrator develops and each court adopts locally; if an attorney or party does receive copies, they can't hand them to anyone who wouldn't otherwise be allowed to see them. Completed questionnaires stick around for 3 years after they're returned.

Separately, the rule covers how jurors get called to court: the clerk, court administrator, sheriff, or jury board, as the chief judge designates, summons jurors for attendance, with a juror's first required appearance triggered by written notice mailed or personally served to their home address on file, and later notices following whatever method the court directs; the summoning process keeps a record of notice given, and a return of that notice counts as presumptive proof it was served. A special provision handles jury pools for a city split across county lines but entirely within a single district court district, drawing jurors from the whole city regardless of which county they live in or where the underlying case arose.