I. Deferral

The judge or judges’ designee may authorize deferral of jury service upon a showing of hardship, extreme inconvenience, or necessity. Deferral requests made after the issuance of summons for prospective jury duty must be approved by the Issuing Judge. The Issuing Judge may determine if the deferral request may be made by fax, email, or in person. Deferrals may be granted up to one (1) year or permanently.

Upon receipt of an order for a grand jury, the jury administrator shall draw at random from the qualified Grand Jury Master List twenty (20) qualified jurors and direct them to appear before the supervising judge. The supervising judge shall randomly select six (6) jurors after explaining to the twenty (20) prospective jurors the duties and responsibilities of a grand jury.

K. Preservation of Record

The names of qualified jurors drawn and the contents of the jury qualification forms completed by those jurors may not be made available to the public until the period of service of those jurors has expired. However, attorneys in any cases in which these jurors may serve may have access to the information.

After the period of service for which names were drawn from the master jury list has expired, and all persons selected to serve as jurors have been discharged, all records and papers compiled and maintained by the jury administrator or the clerk must be preserved by the clerk of the courts for the period prescribed by rule of the Indiana Supreme Court. The records and papers must be available for public inspection at all reasonable times.

(Amended effective January 1, 2023)