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New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 13: Right to serve on juries

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  1. Civil Rights Law
  2. Article 2. Bill of Rights

§ 13. Right to serve on juries. No citizen of the state possessing all

other qualifications which are or may be required or prescribed by law,

shall be disqualified to serve as a grand or petit juror in any court of

this state on account of race, creed, color, national origin or sex, and

any person charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of jurors

who shall exclude or fail to summon any citizen for any of the causes

aforesaid shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a

misdemeanor and be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than

five hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days, nor more

than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment.

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