1.The Master Jury List will be created each year during the month of November containing the citizens of Delaware County from Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Indiana Department of Revenue lists for the county eighteen (18) years of age and older. The court administrator will be referred to as the “jury administrator” throughout this plan.

2.To create the Master List, the names of persons from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Indiana Department of Revenue lists for the county eighteen (18) years of age and older will be provided by the Indiana Supreme Court. Data Processing will retrieve the information through the internet website for INCITE.

3.During the first week of the second month of each quarter, the jury administrator will cause a draw of 2,500 names for petit jurors and 100 names for grand jurors from the Master List. Jury Questionnaires will be mailed and processed. A quarterly master list will be kept of all qualified jurors. A separate list of those persons excused from jury service will be maintained in a numerical table.

4.To perfect the issuance of a Venire, the court personnel will submit a Venire Order with the cause number, name of case, the number of names to be called, and the date and time of the trial.

5.Those persons selected from the random draw will be temporarily removed until all non-exempt persons have been called. All persons seated for jury service within the quarter will be removed permanently from the year’s list, along with those excused or deferred pursuant to statute.

6.Non-exempt persons who request to be excused from jury service should first initiate the call through the Office of Court Services. Requests not included, per statute, shall be referred to the issuing court.

7.The number of petit jurors that constitutes a panel for criminal C felony offenses and higher (filed prior to July 1, 2014); and Murder or a Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, or Level 5 felony offenses, (filed after July 1, 2014) shall be fifty (50) names. An additional number of names may be issued for specific cases requiring a larger pool of prospective jurors. The number of petit jurors that constitutes a panel for civil cases shall be thirty five (35) along with class D felonies (filed prior to July 1, 2014); and Level 6 offenses (filed after July 1, 2014); and misdemeanors.