No person is exempt from service as a juror in any court of this State except men and women sixty-five years of age or over. Notaries public are not considered state officers and are not exempt under this section. A person exempt under this section may be excused upon telephone confirmation of date of birth and age to the clerk of court or the chief magistrate. The jury commissioners shall not excuse or disqualify a juror under this section. The clerk of court shall maintain a list of persons excused by the court and the reasons the juror was determined to be excused.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-103; 1952 Code Section 38-103; 1942 Code Section 1000; 1932 Code Section 1000; Cr. P. '22 Section 86; Cr. C. '12 Section 80; Cr. C. '02 Section 53; G. S. 2639; R. S. 52; 1731 (3) 279; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 2, eff March 10, 1986; 1992 Act No. 414, Section 1, eff June 1, 1992.

Editor's Note

Provisions excluding grand jury members from jury service at a trial on an indictment found by the grand jury, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in Section 14-7-830.

Effect of Amendment

The 1986 amendment rewrote this section so as to incorporate provisions similar to those which formerly appeared in Section 14-7-850, while deleting several specific grounds for exemption and adding provisions requiring that persons be excused by the court and requiring maintenance of a list of persons excused.

The 1992 amendment revised this section, adding provisions relative to being excused upon telephone confirmation of exempt status.