§ 607A.1 Declaration of policy
§ 607A.2 Prohibition of discrimination
§ 607A.3 Definitions
§ 607A.4 Jury service — minimum qualifications — disqualification — documentation
§ 607A.5 Automatic excuse from jury service
§ 607A.6 Discretionary excuse from jury service
§ 607A.7 False excuse — prohibited requests — penalty
§ 607A.8 Fees and expenses for jurors
§ 607A.20 Jury manager
§ 607A.21 Master jury list
§ 607A.22 Use of source lists — information provided
§ 607A.23 Judicial division of county
§ 607A.25 Storing and security of master jury lists
§ 607A.26 Preservation of records
§ 607A.29 Length of service
§ 607A.30 Drawing of jury pools
§ 607A.33 Electronic data processing system — identifying jurors
§ 607A.35 Notice to report
§ 607A.36 Contempt
§ 607A.37 Cancellation for illegality
§ 607A.38 Discharged jurors — notification
§ 607A.39 Additional jurors
§ 607A.40 Discharge of panel
§ 607A.41 Method of subsequent drawing
§ 607A.43 Correcting illegality in original lists
§ 607A.45 Employer prohibited from penalizing employee — penalty — action for lost wages
§ 607A.46 Delinquency of officers
§ 607A.47 Juror questionnaire

Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 607A - Juries

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Clerk: means clerk of the district court or the clerk's designee. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • Court: means the district court of this state and includes, when the context requires, a judicial officer as defined in section 602. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Electronic data processing system: means an electronic jury management system as designated by the state court administrator. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • 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
  • Judicial officer: means a supreme court justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a district judge, a district associate judge, an associate juvenile judge, an associate probate judge, or a magistrate. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Juror: means any person identified for service on either the grand or petit jury who attends court when originally instructed to report or is deferred to a future date uncertain, or is on-call and available to report to court when so needed and so requested by the court. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • 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
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Panel: means those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Person with a disability: means a person who is not physically able to operate a motor vehicle or use public transportation without assistance due to a physical disability. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • Petit jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
  • Records: includes probate and other official public records, as well as records in the office of the county recorder. See Iowa Code 614.29
  • Relative: means an ascendant, descendant, or collateral or an individual otherwise related to another individual by blood, marriage, adoption, or other law of this state. See Iowa Code 651.1
  • Source lists: means the voter registration list, the motor vehicle operators list, the nonoperators identification list, and other comprehensive lists of persons residing in a county as identified pursuant to section 607A. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See Iowa Code 633D.2
  • Term of service: means the period of time a juror is requested to serve. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Voter registration list: means the official records maintained by the state of names and addresses of persons registered to vote. See Iowa Code 607A.3
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1