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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-12-4. Eligibility of person to serve as a trial or grand juror.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-12-4. Eligibility of person to serve as a trial or grand juror.

(a) Any person who has served as a trial or grand juror at any session of the superior or state courts shall be ineligible for duty as a juror until the next succeeding county master jury list has been received by the clerk.

(b) In addition to any other qualifications provided under this chapter, no person shall be qualified to serve as a juror under this chapter unless that person is a citizen of the United States.

## History

Ga. L. 1903, p. 83, §§ 1, 2; Penal Code 1910, §§ 824, 825; Ga. L. 1911, p. 72, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 59-114, 59-115; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 3-15; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-7/HB 415; Ga. L. 2014, p. 451, § 5/HB 776; Ga. L. 2014, p. 862, § 4/HB 1078.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.’’’

## The 2014 Amendments.

The first 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, substituted ‘‘juror until the next succeeding county master jury list has been received by the clerk’’ for ‘‘juror at the next succeeding term of the court in which such person has previously served but shall be eligible to serve at the next succeeding term of court for a different level of court’’ at the end of subsection (a). The second 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, in subsection (a), inserted ‘‘trial or grand’’ near the beginning, and made an identical change as the first amendment.