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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 21-315 (2026)

Excuse from service; investigation

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A. If the jury commissioner or jury manager determines that a person has valid grounds to be excused or postponed from jury service, the person shall be notified accordingly.

B. The presiding judge may issue an order or the jury commissioner or jury manager may issue a subpoena for any person whose name appears on the master jury list to appear before the jury commissioner or the jury manager to testify under oath or affirmation concerning the person's qualifications, any grounds for excuse or the completion of an unreturned questionnaire.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1980–1998 · leading case: State v. Fendler, 622 P.2d 23 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1980).
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State v. Fendler, 622 P.2d 23 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 8× “A.R.S. § 21-315, See United States v. Gurney, 393 F.”
State v. Murray, 906 P.2d 542 (Ariz. 1995). · cites it 2× “§ 21-315 (1990) gives the jury commissioner authority to excuse individuals from the qualified jury list “[w]here a person’s answers to a questionnaire indicate that he is unqualified for jury service or, in the opinion of the jury commissioner, state grounds sufficient to be…”
State v. Wooten, 972 P.2d 993 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “S) § 21-315 (Supp. 1997). Wooten contends, however, that the statute does not permit the jury commissioner to excuse jurors, once summoned, from service based upon an unsworn “show of hands” that they would be unable to serve on a lengthy trial without voir dire by the court and…”
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