Text of Statute

(A) A person who is summoned as a juror and who has actually served as a juror in any county of the state under sections 2313.01 to 2313.46 of the Revised Code for three consecutive calendar weeks shall be discharged by the court, except that the person shall not be so discharged until the close of a trial in which the person may be serving when the person's jury term expires.

(B)(1) The board of county commissioners by resolution shall fix the compensation of each juror, not to exceed forty dollars for each day's attendance, payable out of the county treasury.

(2) After ten days of actual service, except as otherwise authorized by division (B)(2) of this section, the compensation of a juror shall be fixed for each additional day of actual service at an amount equal to the greater of fifteen dollars or one and one-half times the compensation fixed pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section. The board of county commissioners by resolution may set the compensation at a greater amount that shall not exceed two times the compensation fixed pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section.

(3) Residents of townships that are comprised entirely of islands shall be reimbursed for the additional transportation costs they incur to serve as a juror, in the amount certified to be due by a judge of the court in which the jury service is performed.

(C) A person who is discharged as prescribed in this section is thereafter prohibited from jury service in any court of the state until the second jury year after the day of the person's last service, except in counties of less than one hundred thousand population, in which cases the court shall make rules in the county applicable to subsequent jury service by persons of that nature.

(D) Whenever the certificates of the clerk of the court of common pleas show that a person is entitled to a discharge as prescribed in this section, the commissioners of jurors, upon request, shall certify to that fact. No person shall be exempted from jury service for any reason, but a person may be excused from jury service or have the person's jury service postponed in accordance with sections 2313.01 to 2313.46 of the Revised Code and the general statutes of the state.

(E) No person shall be exempted or excused from jury service or be granted a postponement of jury service by reason of any financial contribution to any public or private organization.

HISTORY: GC § 11419-43; 114 v 195; 116 v 371; 123 v 545; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 131 v 657 (Eff 11-11-65); 133 v H 128 (Eff 9-9-69); 135 v S 465 (Eff 3-4-75); 137 v H 267 (Eff 11-9-77); 147 v S 69. Eff 4-16-98.