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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 40
JURIES; PAYMENT OF JURORS AND DUE PROCESS COSTS
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40.221 Drawing jury venire.A clerk of the court, under supervision of a judge of any court of record, shall, in a manner deemed to produce a result by lot and at random, select from the final juror candidate list such number of persons as he or she deems necessary or expedient for a jury venire, to be returnable at such time as the judge shall specify, from which such venire or venires any jury may be organized, including a grand jury when drawn by or upon order of a judge of the circuit court. The clerk of the court shall keep the list in a secure place.
History.s. 5, ch. 79-235; s. 248, ch. 95-147; s. 10, ch. 2012-100.

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...The summons, in pertinent part, states: PLEASE BE ADVISED IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CALL THE DAY BEFORE YOU ARE TO REPORT FOR JURY DUTY AND FIND OUT WHETHER YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUIRED IN COURT. IF YOU FAIL TO CALL AND APPEAR IN COURT WHEN NOT NEEDED, YOU WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR YOUR APPEARANCE. Section 40.221 , F.S., requires the clerk of the court, under the supervision of a judge of any court of record, to randomly select from the jury list 1 such number of persons the clerk feels necessary or expedient for a jury venire from which any jury may be drawn by order of a circuit court judge. In summoning jurors, s. 40.23 (1), F.S., in pertinent part, provides: The clerk of the court shall generate a venire as prescribed in s. 40.221 and shall summon the persons named in such venire to attend court as jurors at least 14 days prior to the sitting of such court by mailing to each person so named in the venire a written notice, addressed to his place of residence, and plac...

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