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SC Code § 14-7-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-120. Vacancy or disqualification in office of jury commissioner.

 If there is a vacancy in the office of the clerk of court of common pleas, county auditor, or county treasurer at the time fixed for preparing the jury list or for drawing a jury or if any of these officers are disqualified or unable to serve for any reason, the county judge of probate shall act in his place and stead and if there is a vacancy in two of these offices or for any other reason two of these officers are unable to serve, the county judge of probate and the sheriff of the county shall act in their places and stead. If from among the officers above named there are not three persons in office qualified and able to serve, the resident circuit judge or the presiding judge shall appoint a commissioner or commissioners to serve in the place of the commissioner or commissioners as may be disqualified during the time of his or their disqualification. Each of the substitute commissioners shall receive the same per diem and mileage as is paid jurors.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-51.2; 1952 Code Section 38-51.1; 1942 Code Section 622; 1932 Code Section 622; Civ. P. '22 Section 562; Civ. C. '12 Section 4030; 1902 (23) 1066; 1930 (36) 1239; 1936 (39) 1340; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1957 (50) 286; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.
SC Code § 14-7-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-130. Preparation of jury list from electronic file of persons holding valid South Carolina driver's license or identification card.

 In September of each year, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall furnish the State Election Commission an electronic file of the name, address, date of birth, social security number, sex, and race of persons who are over the age of eighteen years and citizens of the United States residing in each county who hold a valid South Carolina driver's license or an identification card issued pursuant to Section 56-1-3350. The electronic file also must include persons who have obtained a valid South Carolina driver's license or identification card during the previous year and exclude persons whose driver's license or identification card has not been renewed or has been invalidated by judicial or administrative action. In October of each year, the State Election Commission shall furnish a jury list to county jury commissioners consisting of a file or list derived by merging the list of registered voters in the county with county residents appearing on the file furnished by the department, but only those licensed drivers and identification cardholders who are eligible to register to vote may be included in the list. Before furnishing the list, the commission must make every effort to eliminate duplicate names and names of persons disqualified from registering to vote or voting pursuant to the laws and Constitution of this State. As furnished to the jury commissioners by the State Election Commission, the list or file constitutes the roll of eligible jurors in the county. Expenses of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the State Election Commission in implementing this section must be borne by these agencies.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-94; 1972 (57) 2305; 1976 Code Section 14-7-640; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 453, Section 1; 1993 Act No.181, Section 256, eff July 1, 1993; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 25, eff June 5, 1996; 1996 Act No. 467, Section 1, eff August 21, 1996; 2000 Act No. 257, Section 1, eff May 1, 2000; 2008 Act No. 270, Section 4, eff June 4, 2008.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-130 was titled Vacancy or disqualification in office of jury commissioner in counties containing a city of more than 70,000, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 38-51.3; 1952 Code Section 38-51.2; 1942 Code Section 622; 1932 Code Section 622; Civ. P. '22 Section 562; Civ. C. '12 Section 4030; 1902 (23) 1066; 1930 (36) 1239; 1936 (39) 1340; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1956 (49) 1789; omitted by 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1.
SC Code § 14-7-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-140. Use of computer for drawing and summoning jurors.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the clerk of court or deputy clerk of court of a county, when drawing and summoning jurors for the court of common pleas, general sessions, or the grand jury, may utilize a computer for this purpose at the discretion of the governing body of the county. Computer software employed for the purpose of drawing and summoning jurors must be designed so as to ensure a random selection of jurors from the population available for jury service. The computerized drawing and summoning of jurors must take place in the office of the clerk of court as a public event to ensure the absolute integrity of the random selection process. The Supreme Court shall direct by order the appropriate procedures required to implement the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-52; 1952 Code Section 38-52; 1942 Code Section 608; 1932 Code Section 608; Civ. P. '22 Section 548; Civ. C. '12 Section 4017; 1902 (23) 1066; 1915 (29) 76; 1933 (38) 446; 1939 (41) 27, 332, 543; 1941 (42) 70; 1967 (55) 895; 1974 (58) 2283; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986; 1988 Act No. 299, eff February 2, 1988; 2006 Act No. 224, Section 1, eff February 3, 2006; 2012 Act No. 200, Section 2, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 14-7-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-150. Preparation of jury box.

 The jury box of a county shall contain the same number of capsules or containers as there are names on the jury list prepared by the jury commissioners from the latest official list furnished to the county by the State Election Commission each year and provided to the clerk of court of each county not later than December first of the calendar year. The capsules or containers must be small, opaque, and as similar in size, shape, and color as possible at the time of original purchase or the repurchase of additional capsules. By a slip of paper placed therein, each capsule or container must be numbered, beginning with number "one" and continuing consecutively through the number of qualified electors on the jury list prepared by the jury commissioners as hereinbefore provided. All these papers must be of similar kind, color, and weight so as to resemble each other as much as possible without distinguishing marks. The capsules or containers so prepared must be placed in the jury box constructed as required by law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-93; 1972 (57) 2305; 1985 Act No. 340, Section 5; 1976 Code Section 14-7-630; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-150 was titled Jury lists in counties containing cities of more than 70,000, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 38-53; 1952 Code Section 38-53; 1942 Code Section 608; 1932 Code Section 608; Civ. P. '22 Section 548; Civ. C. '12 Section 4017; 1902 (23) 1066; 1915 (29) 76; 1933 (38) 446; 1939 (41) 27, 332, 543; 1941 (42) 70; 1942 (43) 263; 1957 (50) 11; omitted by 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1.
SC Code § 14-7-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-160. Drawing and notification of jurors.

 At the time provided by law for the drawing of jurors, the jury commissioners shall randomly withdraw from the jury box one capsule or container for each juror required by law to be drawn. The jury commissioners shall then open each capsule or container drawn and ascertain the number contained therein. The names of the jurors drawn must be taken from the jury list by the numbers thereon corresponding to the numbers drawn from the capsules or containers. The jury commissioners may not excuse or disqualify any juror selected. Immediately after the jurors are drawn, the clerk of court shall issue his writ and process as now required by law for the jurors whose numbers were drawn. Any juror drawn for a term of court must be notified of the time and place he is to appear for jury duty at least fifteen days before he is to appear and serve as a juror. If the trial judge determines that additional jurors are immediately necessary for the conduct of the court he may waive the fifteen-day notice.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-95; 1972 (57) 2305; 1976 Code Section 14-7-650; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-160 was titled Names from jury list shall be placed in jury box, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 38-55; 1952 Code Section 38-55; 1942 Code Section 608; 1932 Code Section 608; Civ. P. '22 Section 548; Civ. C. '12 Section 4017; 1902 (23) 1066; 1915 (29) 76; 1933 (38) 446; 1939 (41) 27, 332, 543; 1941 (42) 70; omitted by 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1.
SC Code § 14-7-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-170. Procedure in event of failure of jury commissioners to prepare list of jurors for ensuing year.

 When the jury commissioners in a county in this State shall omit to prepare the list of jurors for the then ensuing year or to prepare the ballots of the names and place them in the boxes at the time and in the manner required in this article, the Chief Justice, any associate justice of the Supreme Court, or any circuit judge shall grant an order on the application of any solicitor or attorney at law showing this omission by affidavit, which may be on information and belief, requiring the jury commissioners in question, within ten days after the order, to prepare these lists and ballots of names and to prepare the jury boxes (nunc pro tunc) and all juries drawn from these boxes are as valid and lawful as if the omission had not occurred.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-56; 1952 Code Section 38-56; 1942 Code Section 609; 1932 Code Section 609; Civ. P. '22 Section 549; Civ. C. '12 Section 4018; 1902 (23) 1066; 1921 (32) 276; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1942 (42) 1546; 1985 Act No. 1, Section 1, eff March 1, 1985; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.
SC Code § 14-7-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-180. Custody of jury box and keys.

 The clerk of the court shall keep the jury box in his custody. The jury box must be kept securely locked with three separate and strong locks, each lock being different and distinct from the other two and requiring one key peculiar to itself in order to be unlocked. The key to one of these three locks must be kept by the county auditor himself, the key to another of these three locks must be kept by the county treasurer himself, and the key to the third of these three locks must be kept by the clerk of the court of common pleas himself, so that no two of them shall keep a similar key or similar keys to the same lock and so that all three of them must be present together at the same time and place in order to lock or unlock and open the jury box.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-58; 1952 Code Section 38-58; 1942 Code Section 609; 1932 Code Section 609; Civ. P. '22 Section 549; Civ. C. '12 Section 4018; 1902 (23) 1066; 1921 (32) 276; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1976 Code Section 14-7-190; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-180 was titled List of jurors when jury commissioners fail to prepare list, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 38-57; 1952 Code Section 38-57; 1942 Code Section 623; 1932 Code Section 623; Civ. P. '22 Section 563; Civ. C. '12 Section 4031; 1905 (24) 917; omitted by 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1.
SC Code § 14-7-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-190. Drawing of petit jurors to serve as jury pool during weeks in which more than one term of court requiring juries are scheduled.

 Not less than fifteen days nor more than thirty-five days before the first day of any week in which more than one term of court requiring juries is scheduled in a county, the jury commissioners shall draw a number of petit jurors to serve as a jury pool, from which the courts shall draw panels of jurors as needed according to the following schedule:  (1) When two concurrent terms of court are scheduled, the commissioners shall draw ninety percent of the number of jurors which they would otherwise draw;  (2) When three concurrent terms of court are scheduled, the commissioners shall draw eighty percent of the number of jurors which they would otherwise draw;  (3) When four concurrent terms of court are scheduled, the commissioners shall draw seventy percent of the number of jurors which they would otherwise draw; or  (4) When five or more concurrent terms of court are scheduled, the commissioners shall draw fifty percent of the number of jurors which they would otherwise draw.  The jury commissioners shall not exclude or disqualify any juror drawn.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 208, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 14-7-235; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986; 1992 Act No. 483, Section 1, eff July 1, 1992.  Editor's Note  Provisions relative to custody of jury box and keys thereto, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in Section 14-7-180.
SC Code § 14-7-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-200. Drawing of petit jurors to serve during week of regular or special term of circuit court.

 Not less than fifteen nor more than thirty-five days before the first day of each week of any regular or special term of the circuit court the jury commissioners shall proceed to draw at least seventy-five petit jurors to serve for that week only. The chief administrative judge or the presiding judge of that circuit may increase or decrease the number of jurors drawn if he considers it necessary; however, at least seventy-five jurors must be drawn. The jury commissioners shall randomly select the jurors and shall not excuse or disqualify any juror who has been selected. Immediately after the petit jurors are drawn, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall issue his writ of venire facias for the petit jurors, requiring their attendance on the first day of the week for which they have been drawn and this writ of venire facias must be immediately delivered to the sheriff of the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-61; 1952 Code Section 38-61; 1942 Code Section 610; 1932 Code Section 610; Civ. P. '22 Section 550; Civ. C. '12 Section 4019; 1902 (23) 1066; 1916 (29) 820; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1953 (48) 45, 185, 444; 1955 (49) 60, 76, 269, 651; 1958 (50) 1961; 1976 Code Section 14-7-230; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1; 1992 Act No. 483, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 18, Section 1, eff April 22, 1993.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-200 was titled Custody of jury box and locks in counties containing a city of more than 70,000, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 38-59; 1952 Code Section 38-59; 1942 Code Section 609; 1932 Code Section 609; Civ. P. '22 Section 549; Civ. C. '12 Section 4018; 1902 (23) 1066; 1921 (32) 276; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1943 (43) 263; omitted by 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1.
SC Code § 14-7-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-210. Discharge of jury prohibited.

 Whenever a jury is charged with a case, it must not be discharged by reason of anything in Section 14-7-200 contained until a verdict is found or a mistrial ordered in such case.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-62; 1952 Code Section 38-62; 1942 Code Section 610; 1932 Code Section 610; Civ. P. '22 Section 550; Civ. C. '12 Section 4019; 1902 (23) 1066; 1916 (29) 820; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1976 Code Section 14-7-240; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-210 was titled Names shall be placed in "tales box"; exceptions as to certain counties, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 38-60; 1952 Code Section 38-60; 1942 Code Section 609; 1932 Code Section 609; Civ. P. '22 Section 549; Civ. C. '12 Section 4018; 1902 (23) 1066; 1921 (32) 276; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1955 (49) 22, 66, 72, 534; 1957 (50) 12; 1959 (51) 487; 1960 (51) 1759; 1962 (52) 1718, 1880; 1967 (55) 8, 81; 1968 (55) 2252; 1969 (56) 20, 354, 928; 1970 (56) 2288, 2358, 2430; 1971 (57) 3, 121, 442, 2018; 1972 (57) 2202; omitted by 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1.
SC Code § 14-7-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-220. Drawings to be open and public; notice.

 The drawings must be made openly and publicly in the office of the clerk of court of common pleas and the jury commissioners shall give ten days' notice of the place, day, and hour of each of the drawings by posting in a conspicuous place on the courthouse door or by advertisement in a county newspaper.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-63; 1952 Code Section 38-63; 1942 Code Section 611; 1932 Code Section 611; Civ. P. '22 Section 551; Civ. C. '12 Section 4020; 1902 (23) 1066; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 22, 70; 1976 Code Section 14-7-250; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-220 was titled Names shall be placed in "tales box"; special provisions for counties of between 50,000 and 53,000 population, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 38-60.1; 1958 (50) 1994; omitted by 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1.
SC Code § 14-7-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-230. Methods for drawing names of jurors.

 The clerk of court must use one of the following methods for drawing the names of jurors for the purpose of impaneling a jury:  (1) drawing of the names of jurors by a responsible and impartial person designated by the clerk of court, with the approval of the presiding judge; or  (2) drawing of the names of jurors by computer, subject to the provisions of Section 14-7-140.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-65; 1952 Code Section 38-65; 1942 Code Section 630-1; 1933 (38) 285; 1971 (57) 83; 1985 Act No. 27, eff March 25, 1985; 1976 Code Section 14-7-270; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986; 2006 Act No. 224, Section 2, eff February 3, 2006.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-230 was titled Drawing of petit jurors, see now, Section 14-7-200.
SC Code § 14-7-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-240. Selection of jurors by drawing.

 All jurors must be selected by drawing ballots from the jury box and, subject to the exceptions herein contained, the persons whose names are on the ballots so drawn must be returned to serve as jurors.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-66; 1952 Code Section 38-66; 1942 Code Section 612; 1932 Code Section 612; Civ. P. '22 Section 552; Civ. C. '12 Section 4021; 1902 (23) 1066; 1976 Code Section 14-7-280; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.  Editor's Note  Provisions relative to when a jury, having been charged with a case, may be discharged, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in Section 14-7-210.
SC Code § 14-7-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-250. Disposition of names of those who are drawn and serve on a jury pool.

 The names of those who are drawn and attend a session of court as a member of a jury pool must be placed in an envelope and must not be put back into the jury box until the first revision of the jury list provided for after they have been so drawn, to the end that no person is required to serve as a juror more than once in three calendar years. Nothing contained in this article may be construed to be in conflict with the provisions of the law as to selecting by lot from the grand jury six members to serve for the ensuing year.  Nothing contained in this article prohibits a person whose name has been properly drawn and who desires to serve as a juror from serving more frequently than once every three calendar years, except that no person shall serve as a juror more than once every calendar year as provided in Section 14-7-850.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-67; 1952 Code Section 38-67; 1942 Code Section 613; 1932 Code Section 613; Civ. P. '22 Section 553; Civ. C. '12 Section 4022; 1902 (23) 1066; 1976 Code Section 14-7-290; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986; 1992 Act No. 483, Section 3, eff July 1, 1992; 1996 Act No. 233, Section 1, eff March 4, 1996; 2000 Act No. 257, Section 2, eff May 1, 2000.  Editor's Note  Provisions requiring that drawings be open and public and requiring notice of drawings, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in Section 14-7-220.
SC Code § 14-7-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-260. Number of jurors to be drawn and summoned.

 Except as otherwise expressly provided, the jury commissioners shall draw and summon at least seventy-five persons to serve as petit jurors to attend at one and the same time at any court. The chief administrative judge or the presiding judge of that circuit may increase or decrease the number of jurors drawn and summoned if he considers it necessary; however, at least seventy-five jurors must be drawn and summoned.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-68; 1952 Code Section 38-68; 1942 Code Section 616; 1932 Code Section 616; Civ. P. '22 Section 556; Civ. C. '12 Section 4025; 1902 (23) 1066; 1953 (48) 45; 1976 Code Section 14-7-300; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 18, Section 2, eff April 22, 1993.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-260 was titled Drawings in counties containing a city of more than 70,000, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 38-64; 1952 Code Section 38-64; 1942 Code Section 611; 1932 Code Section 611; Civ. P. '22 Section 551; Civ. C. '12 Section 4020; 1902 (23) 1066; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 22, 70; 1943 (43) 263; omitted by 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1.
SC Code § 14-7-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts|Section 14-7-270. Preparation of special jury list in certain circumstances.

 Whenever the jury list of any county is destroyed by fire or other casualty or it is held by any court of competent jurisdiction that the jury list has been unlawfully prepared or is irregular or illegal, so as to render void the drawing of jurors therefrom, the jury commissioners shall prepare a special jury list for the county immediately in the manner herein prescribed from which special list grand and petit jurors are drawn for the courts of general sessions and common pleas for the county until the annual jury list has been prepared for the county as provided.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-69; 1952 Code Section 38-69; 1942 Code Section 619; 1932 Code Section 619; Civ. P. '22 Section 559; Civ. C. '12 Section 4028; 1902 (23) 1066; 1976 Code Section 14-7-310; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.  Editor's Note  For a local provision that either the clerk or deputy may draw jurors in Aiken County, see Local Law Index.  Provisions relative to persons who may draw jurors, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in Section 14-7-230.