Kansas Statutes 43-161. Same; juror questionnaires; failure to or falsely answering questions, criminal penalty
Each jury commissioner may require any person whose name has been selected for a jury list prepared in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 43-162, and amendments thereto, to answer in writing such questions as the commissioner may address to such person, relating to such person’s name, age, residence, occupation and qualifications as a juror, with a view to the due and faithful jury service of such person and such questions involving similar matters relating to all persons living in such person’s residence.
Any such person whose name has been selected for a jury list who fails or refuses to answer such questions in writing and signing such person’s name thereto, shall be cited for contempt of court.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 43-161
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- Jury list: means a list of those persons qualified for jury duty in a county as such list is prepared in accordance with this act;
(b) "Commissioner" or "jury commissioner" means the judge or judges of the district court in each county, or a person appointed to serve as jury commissioner by a district court;
(c) "Wheel" means a container in which may be placed cards bearing the names of persons on the jury list of a county. See Kansas Statutes 43-157
- Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Any such person whose name has been selected for a jury list who willfully or corruptly makes false answers to such questions put to such person by the jury commissioner shall be guilty of a class A nonperson misdemeanor.