Nevada Revised Statutes 67.050 – Exemption from service
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In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, a person who lives 65 miles or more from the justice court is exempt from serving as a trial juror. Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the justice court, by affidavit or otherwise, that a juror lives 65 miles or more from the justice court, the justice court shall order the juror excused from all service as a trial juror, if the juror so desires.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 67.050
- 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.
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.