HOUSE BILL NO. 1539
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Read 1st time January 17, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 494.425, RSMo 1994, relating to jury service, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 494.425, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 494.425, to read as follows:
494.425. The following persons shall be disqualified from serving as a petit or grand juror:
(1) Any person who is less than [twenty-one] eighteen years of age;
(2) Any person not a citizen of the United States;
(3) Any person not a resident of the county or city not within a county served by the court issuing the summons;
(4) Any person who has been convicted of a felony, unless such person has been restored to [his] such person's civil rights;
(5) Any person unable to read, speak and understand the English language;
(6) Any person on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or any member of the organized militia on active duty under order of the governor;
(7) Any licensed attorney at law;
(8) Any judge of a court of record;
(9) Any
person
who, in the
judgment
of the
court or
the board
of jury
commissioners, is
incapable
of
performing
the duties
of a juror
because of
mental or
physical
illness or
infirmity.
Missouri
House of
Representatives