Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 09.20.025

  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

A person may not be required to serve more than a total of three months as a juror during any consecutive two-year period. However, if a person is serving as a juror at the conclusion of the three months period, that person shall complete the trial then in progress. In this section, a person is “serving as a juror” whenever that person is in attendance in court as a member of a jury or a jury panel.