78B-1-110.  Limitations on jury service.

(1)  In any two-year period, a person may not:

Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-1-110

  • Court: means trial court. See Utah Code 78B-1-102
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Jury: means a body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular county invested with the power to present and indict a person for a public offense or to try a question of fact. See Utah Code 78B-1-102
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Prospective jury list: means the list of prospective jurors whose names are drawn at random from the master jury list and are determined to be qualified to serve as jurors. See Utah Code 78B-1-102
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • 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 each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(a)  be required to serve on more than one grand jury;

(b)  be required to serve as both a grand and trial juror;

(c)  be required to attend court as a trial juror more than one court day, except if necessary to complete service in a particular case; or

(d)  if summoned for jury service and the summons is complied with as directed, be selected for the prospective jury list more than once.

(2) 

(a)  Subsection (1)(d) does not apply to counties of the fourth, fifth, and sixth class and counties of the third class with populations up to 75,000.

(b) 

(i)  All population figures used for this section shall be derived from the most recent official census or census estimate of the United States Bureau of the Census.

(ii)  If population estimates are not available from the United States Bureau of the Census, population figures shall be derived from the estimate of the Utah Population Committee.

Amended by Chapter 330, 2018 General Session