GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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SENATE BILL 133

Short Title:        Juror Privacy.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Clodfelter; and Jones.
Referred to:	Judiciary I.

February 28, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to eliminate the requirement that the address of each qualified person selected for the jury list appear on the list filed with the register of deeds, in order to allay juror privacy concerns.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 9-4 reads as rewritten:

"§ 9-4.  Preparation and custody of list.

As the jury list is prepared, the name and address of each qualified person selected for the list shall be written on a separate card. The cards shall then be alphabetized and permanently numbered, the numbers running consecutively with a different number on each card. These cards shall constitute the jury list for the county. They shall be filed with the register of deeds of the county, together with a statement of the sources used and procedures followed in preparing the list. The list shall be kept under lock and key, but shall be available for public inspection during regular office hours. The register of deeds may elect to store an electronic copy of the jury list for the county."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.