Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1313 (2026)

Juror qualifications questionnaire; contents; completion; mailing; removal of deceased person from list.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.1313 Juror qualifications questionnaire; contents; completion; mailing; removal of deceased person from list.

Sec. 1313.

    (1) The board shall supply a juror qualifications questionnaire to each person on the first jury list, regardless of whether the person previously failed to return a juror qualification questionnaire. This questionnaire shall contain blanks for the information the board desires, concerning qualifications for, and exemptions from, jury service. Persons on the first jury list are required to return the questionnaire fully answered to the jury board within 10 days after it is received.

    (2) In any county, the jury questionnaire described in this section and the written summons notice described in section 1332 may be provided together in the same mailing.

    (3) If a qualifying questionnaire is returned with an indication by the United States postal service that the person to whom the questionnaire is addressed is deceased, the name of the person shall be removed from the first juror list and that name and circumstance may be forwarded to the local clerk.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 7, 2012

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1978–1978 · leading case: People v. Edmond, 273 N.W.2d 85 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978).
People v. Edmond, 273 N.W.2d 85 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). “1311, which provides for the computation of the "key number” on the basis of the judge’s estimate, nor MCL 600.1313; MSA 27A. 1313, which provides for the use of questionnaires in determining juror qualifications, makes any distinction between grand and petit jurors in the…”
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