Jury Source List

(a) The state court administrator's office in cooperation with the jury commissioner for each county is responsible for compiling and maintaining copies of all lists to be used in the random selection of prospective jurors. These lists shall be compiled annually when possible. No names Published by the Revisor of Statutes under Minnesota Statutes, section 3C.08, subdivision 1. GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE 332 MINNESOTA COURT RULES shall be placed on the jury source list, grand jury list, or petit jury venire except as provided by the State Jury Administration Plan or these rules. (b) The voter registration list and the driver's license and ID cardholders list must serve as the basis for the jury source list. The jury source list may be supplemented with names from other lists only as directed by the Judicial Council. Whoever has custody, possession, or control of the lists used in compiling the jury source list shall provide them to the state court administrator's office, upon request at any reasonable time. (c) The jury source list must be used for the random selection of names or identifying numbers of prospective jurors to whom qualification questionnaires and summonses for service must be sent. (d) The state court administrator's office and the jury commissioners shall review data derived from the jury source list every year for its inclusiveness and the jury pool for its representativeness of the adult population in each county. The state court administrator's office shall report the results of the review annually to Judicial Council. (e) If the chief judge, or designee, the state court administrator, or a jury commissioner determines that improvement is needed in either the inclusiveness of the jury source list or the representativeness of the jury pool, they may bring any such concerns to the Judicial Council, who will determine any appropriate corrective action. (Amended effective January 1, 2008; amended effective November 22, 2023.) Advisory Committee Comment - 2023 Amendments