Jury Duty

Jury pay: $10 per day.
Mileage:  As authorized by K.S.A. 75-3203

A qualified juror:

• must be a citizen of United States and resident of the county in which he or she has been summoned to serve.

• must possess qualifications of an elector:

  • be at least 18 years of age.

  • be a resident of the county for at least 20 days.

Not qualified to serve as a juror:

• a person unable to understand the English language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to respond to a jury questionnaire form prepared by the commissioner.

• a person under adjudication of incompetency.

• a person who within 10 years immediately preceding has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an indictment or information charging a felony.

• a person who served as a juror in the county within one year immediately preceding.
   

Who may be excused with judges approval:

• a person so physically or mentally infirm as to be unequal to the task of ordinary jury duty.

• a person required elsewhere for public welfare, health, or safety.

• where jury service causes extraordinary or compelling personal hardship.

• because a personal relationship to parties or an interest in the case to be tried is such that there is a probability such a person would find it difficult to be impartial

Jury lists may be compiled from:

• voter registration records, 

• census records, 

• enumeration lists, or

• driver license lists, including lists of holders of state-issued nondriver identification cards.