Article 16: Jurors and Jury Selection · Last amended 2020 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section governs the juror qualification form — how the jury commissioner delivers it, the ten-day deadline to complete and return it, the alternative process for a one-step notice or summons directing completion through a jury management system, the Supreme Court–prescribed form itself, and the correction process for an incomplete or erroneous return.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the jury commissioner shall deliver a juror qualification form to each potential juror drawn for jury service. The delivery may be by first-class mail or personal service or through a jury management system. The jury commissioner shall include instructions to complete and return the form to the jury commissioner within ten days after its receipt. The form may be returned to the jury commissioner by mail or through a jury management system.
(2)(a) In lieu of the juror qualification form delivery process described in subsection (1) of this section, a jury commissioner may send to a potential juror a notice or summons which includes instructions to complete a juror qualification form through a jury management system. The notice or summons may be sent by first-class mail or personal service or through a jury management system. The jury commissioner shall include instructions to complete and submit the juror qualification form within ten days after receipt of the notice or summons.
(b) If a potential juror fails to complete the qualification form as instructed within such ten days, the jury commissioner shall deliver to such potential juror, by first-class mail or personal service, a revised notice or summons and juror qualification form with instructions to complete and return the form to the jury commissioner within ten days after its receipt.
(3) The juror qualification form shall be in the form prescribed by the Supreme Court. Notarization of the juror qualification form shall not be required. If the potential juror is unable to complete the form, another person may do it for the potential juror and shall indicate that such other person has done so and the reason therefor.
(4) If it appears that there is an omission, ambiguity, or error in a returned form, the jury commissioner shall again send the form with instructions to the potential juror to make the necessary addition, clarification, or correction and to return the form to the jury commissioner within ten days after its second receipt.
Section 25-1657 fills in how the juror qualification form moves between the jury commissioner and a potential juror. Under the standard, two-step delivery process, the commissioner delivers the form by first-class mail, personal service, or through a jury management system, with instructions to complete and return it within ten days of receipt, by mail or through the jury management system.
The commissioner may instead use the one-step alternative: sending a notice or summons — again by mail, personal service, or jury management system — that instructs the potential juror to complete a qualification form electronically through a jury management system within ten days of receiving the notice or summons. If the potential juror misses that ten-day window, the commissioner must follow up by mailing or personally serving a revised notice or summons along with the qualification form, giving another ten days to complete and return it.
The form itself follows a design the Nebraska Supreme Court prescribes, and it does not require notarization. If a potential juror cannot complete the form personally, someone else may do it, but must note on the form that they did so and why. And if a returned form has an omission, ambiguity, or error, the commissioner sends it back to the potential juror with instructions to add, clarify, or correct it, and to return the corrected form within ten days of that second receipt.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does a potential juror receive the juror qualification form?
By first-class mail, personal service, or through a jury management system, with instructions to complete and return it within ten days of receipt.
What is the alternative one-step process for the qualification form?
The jury commissioner sends a notice or summons instructing the potential juror to complete the form through a jury management system within ten days of receiving the notice or summons.
What happens if a potential juror misses the ten-day deadline under the one-step process?
The jury commissioner must deliver, by first-class mail or personal service, a revised notice or summons and the qualification form, with another ten days to complete and return it.
Does the juror qualification form need to be notarized?
No. Section 25-1657 states that notarization is not required.
Can someone else fill out the qualification form for a potential juror who cannot do it themselves?
Yes, and that person must indicate on the form that they completed it for the potential juror and state the reason why.
What happens if the returned form is missing information or contains an error?
The jury commissioner sends the form back to the potential juror with instructions to add, clarify, or correct it, and to return the corrected form within ten days of the second receipt.
Who designs the juror qualification form used across Nebraska?
The form is in the form prescribed by the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the
Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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