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...(A) At least six days before the drawing of jurors under section 2313.09 of the Revised Code, the commissioners of jurors shall publish notice of the drawing in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county. They shall also serve written notice upon the clerk of the court of common pleas and at least one judge of the court of common pleas of the county. (B) All drawings of jurors shall be publi...

...t. The commissioners shall enter the names on the list alphabetically in a suitable book or record to be known as the annual jury list or supplemental annual jury list and record with each name the person's place of residence, date of birth, and citizenship, as nearly as they can be ascertained. The commissioners shall certify and file in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas a duplicate of the ...

...procedure for the juror to select the method of electronic notification that is applicable to the juror, and a procedure for the juror to opt in or opt out of the electronic notification system, whichever is applicable. (C) If under division (B) of this section the commissioners of jurors establish a procedure for the electronic notification of a person who has been drawn as a juror, the notice addressed to th...

...ors shall appear forthwith or at such times as the court fixes. (B) No person known to be in or about the courthouse shall be summoned without the consent of both parties.

... summoned by the courts of this state unless the citizen is excused as provided in Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code.

...ail to summon a citizen as a grand or petit juror on account of race or color, provided such citizen possesses all other qualifications required by law for jurors.

...extreme physical or financial hardship determinations. The judge may delegate the authority to make these determinations to an appropriate court employee appointed by the court. (6) The juror is over seventy-five years of age, and the juror requests to be excused. (7) The prospective juror is an active member of a recognized Amish sect and requests to be excused because of the prospective juror's sincere belief t...

...st, the court may, at the court's discretion, specify a date on which the juror will appear for jury service that is more than six months after the date for which the juror was originally called to serve. (B) The court of common pleas of a county may grant a second or subsequent postponement of jury service to a juror only in the event of an extreme emergency, such as a death in the juror's family, a sudden il...

...jurors if the jurors possessed the requisite qualifications to act as jurors.

...ere registered to vote, regardless of whether the person actually is registered to vote. (B) The following are good causes for challenge to any person called as a juror: (1) That the person has been convicted of a crime that by law renders the person disqualified to serve on a jury; (2) That the person has an interest in the cause; (3) That the person has an action pending between the person and either party...

...pective juror shall fail to answer any legal and pertinent question put to the prospective juror by the court or commissioners of jurors. (B) If a prospective juror is required to answer written questions during the voir dire process, the questionnaire shall contain a prominent legend advising the prospective juror that the juror has the right to request and have an in-camera hearing on the record with counse...

...take any disciplinary action that could lead to the discharge of any permanent employee who is summoned to serve as a juror pursuant to Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code if the employee gives reasonable notice to the employer of the summons prior to the commencement of the employee's service as a juror and if the employee is absent from employment because of the actual jury service. (B) No employer shall requ...

...No person whose name is drawn and who is notified to attend a jury year, part of a jury year, or specified date within a part of a jury year as a juror or who has had the person's jury service postponed shall fail to attend at the time specified in the notice or from day to day.

...the Revised Code for two consecutive calendar weeks shall be discharged by the court, except that the person shall not be so discharged until the close of a trial in which the person may be serving when the person's jury term expires. (B) A person who is discharged as prescribed in this section is thereafter prohibited from jury service in any court of the state until the second jury year after the day of the...

...county commissioners by resolution may set the compensation at a greater amount that shall not exceed two times the compensation fixed pursuant to division (A) of this section. (C) Residents of townships that are composed entirely of islands shall be reimbursed for the additional transportation costs they incur to serve as a juror, in the amount certified to be due by a judge of the court in which the jury serv...

...iled with the clerk of the court shall determine the retention period for all documents and electronic media filed with the commissioners of jurors in compliance with applicable rules of superintendence for the courts of Ohio.

...Chapters 2313. and 2315. of the Revised Code do not contravene or affect any section of the Revised Code relating to jurors in the inferior courts in any county of the state.

...d not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or both. (C) Any fine assessed for a contempt against a person summoned or who has qualified as a juror may be collected by execution and shall be paid into the county treasury and disbursed as other fines.

... shall be taken by the jurors in their retirement, shall be returned with their verdict into court, and shall remain on file with the papers of the case. (B) In all tort actions, the court shall instruct the jury regarding the extent to which an award of compensatory damages or punitive or exemplary damages is or is not subject to taxation under federal or state income tax laws. As used in this division, "tort acti...

...inted by the court for that purpose. While the jurors are thus absent, no person, other than the person so appointed, shall speak to them on any subject connected with the trial. The expense of such view as approved by the court shall be taxed as other costs in the case.

...ed, the jury may decide it in court or retire to deliberate. Upon retiring, they must be kept together, in charge of an officer, at a convenient place, until they agree upon a verdict or are discharged by the court. The court may permit them temporarily to separate at night and for their meals.

...them, nor allow anyone else to do so, unless by order of the court, except to ask if they have agreed upon their verdict. Such officer, before their verdict is rendered, shall not communicate to any person the state of their deliberations or the verdict agreed upon.

...ties, or after jurors have been kept together until it satisfactorily appears that there is no probability of their agreeing, the court may discharge the jury.

...When the jury is discharged during a trial or after a cause is submitted, such cause may at once be tried again, or on a future day, as the court directs.

... from an adverse party, the jury shall determine the amount of the recovery in its verdict.