1. At times necessary for the identification of grand and petit jurors, the jury manager shall arrange for the electronic data processing system to draw the necessary number of grand and petit jurors from the master jury list.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 607A.30

  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Clerk: means clerk of the district court or the clerk's designee. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • Electronic data processing system: means an electronic jury management system as designated by the state court administrator. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • Identification: means the random drawing of names in a manner immune to any subjective bias so that no recognizable class of the population from which names are being randomly drawn can be purposefully included or excluded. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • Jury pool: means the sum total of prospective jurors reporting for service. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • Master jury list: means the list of names taken from the source lists for possible jury service. See Iowa Code 607A.3
 2. The chief judge of the judicial district may by order prescribe the time for the drawing by the jury manager.
 3. The jurors identified constitute the jury pool and shall be notified by the clerk or jury manager by regular mail when called.
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