The clerk magistrate shall provide written notice of a jury trial to the jury commissioner not less than thirty days prior to trial. The notice shall set forth the number of petit jurors to be summoned and the day and hour the petit jurors are to appear before the court. The requirements of this section may be waived upon an agreement between the jury commissioner and the clerk magistrate or judicial administrator.
§ 25-1672.Jury trial; notice to jury commissioner; waiver.
Article 16: Jurors and Jury Selection · Last amended 2020 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section requires the clerk magistrate to give the jury commissioner written notice of an upcoming jury trial at least thirty days ahead, spelling out how many petit jurors are needed and when they must appear, unless the jury commissioner and clerk magistrate or judicial administrator agree to waive that notice.
Full Text of § 25-1672
Source
Laws 2020, LB387, § 29.
Plain-English Summary
Running a jury trial takes coordination between the courtroom and the office responsible for summoning jurors. Section 25-1672 puts that coordination into a formal notice requirement: the clerk magistrate has to tell the jury commissioner about a coming jury trial at least thirty days before it starts.
The notice has to do more than announce a date. It must state how many petit jurors need to be summoned and the day and hour they are to appear before the court, giving the jury commissioner enough detail to plan the summons.
That thirty-day requirement is not fixed in stone. The jury commissioner and the clerk magistrate, or a judicial administrator, can agree between themselves to waive it, giving courts room to coordinate informally when a formal thirty-day notice does not fit the circumstances.
Frequently Asked Questions
How far ahead must the jury commissioner learn about a coming jury trial?
At least thirty days before the trial.
What information does the notice have to include?
The number of petit jurors to be summoned and the day and hour they are to appear before the court.
Who sends this notice?
The clerk magistrate.
Can the thirty-day notice requirement be skipped?
Yes, by agreement between the jury commissioner and the clerk magistrate or judicial administrator.
Why does this notice matter to how a trial gets scheduled?
It gives the jury commissioner the lead time needed to summon the right number of jurors for the trial date.
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. ·
Official source
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