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2022 New York Laws
JUD - Judiciary
Article 16 - Selection of Jurors
524 - Disqualification of Former Jurors.

Universal Citation: NY Jud L § 524 (2022)
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§  524. Disqualification of former jurors. (a) A person who has served
on a grand or petit jury in any court of the unified court system or  in
a  federal  court  shall  not  be competent to serve again as a trial or
grand juror in any court of the  unified  court  system  for  six  years
subsequent  to the last day of such service, provided, however, that any
person who serves on a grand or petit jury for more than ten days  shall
not  be  competent  to  serve  again as a trial or grand juror for eight
years subsequent to the last day of such service.
  (b) Nothing contained in  this  section  shall  invalidate  a  verdict
returned  by  trial  jury or an indictment returned by a grand jury when
such trial or grand jury includes one or more trial or grand jurors  not
competent by virtue of such previous service.
  (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section,
if  the  commissioner of jurors, after consultation with and concurrence
of the district administrative judge  or  judges,  or  in  the  counties
within the city of New York the deputy chief administrative judge, shall
determine that:
  (i)  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  subdivision  (a) of this
section would be impracticable, the commissioner may reduce  the  period
of  incompetency  for persons whose service consists of fewer than three
days to a period of not less than two years; or
  (ii) the period of incompetency for all jurors pursuant to subdivision
(a) of this  section  may  be  extended  without  interfering  with  the
commissioner's  ability  to  comply  with the provisions of section five
hundred eight of this article, the commissioner may increase the  period
of incompetency.
  (d)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the period during
which a person shall not be competent to serve as a trial or grand juror
pursuant to this section shall  be  one-half  the  period  specified  in
subdivision  (a)  or  (c)  of  this  section, as appropriate, where such
person so requests on a form to  be  provided  by  the  commissioner  of
jurors. Such a request may be submitted at any time during the period of
incompetency.
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