Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 43-162 (2026)

Jury service; preparation of jury lists

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43-162. Jury service; preparation of jury lists. All jury lists shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of this act. Jury commissioners shall cause to be prepared under their supervision a list of persons qualified as jurors in each county. Jury lists shall be prepared from voter registration records of the county, lists of licensed drivers residing in the county or enumeration or census records for the county, in accordance with the intent and purposes of this act. On and after January 1, 1985, lists of holders of state-issued nondrivers' identification cards who reside in the county may also be used in the preparation of jury lists. Jury lists prepared from multiple sources may be used if one or more of the foregoing records is used as a material source in preparing the list. The commissioners shall cause the jury list of each county to be revised and updated by adding names of qualified jurors and removing names of those who have died, removed from the county, or who have otherwise become disqualified. For the purposes of preparation and revision of jury lists, commissioners shall have access to the voter registration records of the county, records of the division of vehicles pertaining to licensed drivers who reside in the county and enumeration or census records for the county. On and after January 1, 1985, commissioners shall have access to records of the division of vehicles pertaining to nondrivers' identification card holders who reside in the county, for the purposes of preparation and revision of jury lists.

History: L. 1971, ch. 176, § 8; L. 1981, ch. 202, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 162, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1991–2021 · leading case: State v. Mayberry, 807 P.2d 86 (Kan. 1991).

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State v. Mayberry, 807 P.2d 86 (Kan. 1991). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 43-162 provides that jury lists shall be prepared from voter registration records, lists of licensed drivers, lists of non-driver’s identification cards, or Census records.”

State v. Cheun-Phon Ji, 832 P.2d 1176 (Kan. 1992). “Jury commissioners are to prepare a list of persons qualified as jurors in each county from voter registration records of the county, lists of licensed drivers residing in the county, or enumeration or census records for the county.”

State v. Bailey, 834 P.2d 342 (Kan. 1992). “K.S.A. 43-162. Sedgwick County relies exclusively on voter registration lists in selecting jury panels.”

State v. Smith, 825 P.2d 541 (Kan. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 43-162. A “jury commissioner” is defined as “the judge or judges of the district court- in each county, or a person appointed to serve as jury commissioner by a district court.”

State v. Villa-Juarez (Kan. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 43-162. The district court of each county prepares a list of potential jurors from these sources.”

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