{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-237","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-237","heading":"Jurors failing to appear.","body":"Each juror, duly chosen, drawn and summoned, who fails to appear shall be subject to a civil penalty, the amount of which shall be established by the Chief Court Administrator, but the court may excuse such juror from the payment thereof. If a sufficient number of the jurors summoned do not appear, or if for any cause there is not a sufficient number of jurors to make up the panel, the court may order such number of persons who qualify for jury service under section 51-217 to be summoned as may be necessary, as talesmen, and any talesman so summoned who makes default of appearance without sufficient cause shall be subject to a civil penalty, the amount of which shall be established by the Chief Court Administrator. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Attorney General within available appropriations.","path":["TITLE 51. COURTS","CHAPTER 884. JURORS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_884.htm#sec_51-237","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"4470c0e41ea22106b8ba6019bf4d3483dbd868eddfed482e1059e9b7c76c6feb","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-235-and-51-236","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-237a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}