{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-25-1646","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1646","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1646","body":"For purposes of the Jury Selection Act:\n\n(1) Combined list means the list created pursuant to section 25-1654 by merging the lists of names from the Department of Motor Vehicles and from election records into one list;\n\n(2) Grand jury means a body of people who are chosen to sit permanently for at least a month and up to a year and who, in ex parte proceedings, decide whether to issue indictments in criminal cases;\n\n(3) Jury commissioner means the person designated in section 25-1647 ;\n\n(4) Jury list means a list or lists of names of potential jurors drawn from the master key list for possible service on grand and petit juries;\n\n(5) Jury management system means an electronic process in which individuals are randomly selected to serve as grand or petit jurors and for which the presence of a district court judge or other designated official is not required. A jury management system may also provide an electronic process for a potential juror to complete and submit a juror qualification form and to receive summonses and notifications regarding jury service;\n\n(6) Jury panel means the persons summoned to serve as grand or petit jurors for such period of a jury term as determined by the judge or judges;\n\n(7) Jury term means a month, calendar quarter, year, or other period of time as determined by the judge or judges during which grand or petit jurors are selected for service from a master key list. A jury term shall not extend beyond the time by which a new combined list is required to be prepared pursuant to section 25-1654 , except by order of the court;\n\n(8) Manual jury selection process means a process in which individuals are randomly selected to serve on a grand or petit jury by drawing names from a wheel or box while in the presence of a district court judge or other official designated by the judge;\n\n(9) Master key list means the list of names selected using the key number pursuant to section 25-1654 ;\n\n(10) One-step qualifying and summoning system means a process for selecting and summoning grand or petit jurors in which a juror qualification form and summons, or instructions to complete a jury qualification form through a jury management system and a summons, are sent to a potential juror at the same time;\n\n(11) Petit jury means a group of jurors who may be summoned and empaneled in the trial of a specific case;\n\n(12) Tales juror means a person selected from among the bystanders in court or the people of the county to serve as a juror when the original jury panel has become deficient in number; and\n\n(13) Two-step qualifying and summoning system means a process for selecting and summoning grand or petit jurors in which a juror qualification form, or instructions to complete a jury qualification form through a jury management system, is sent to a potential juror and, if the juror is qualified and drawn for jury service, a summons is sent.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 25"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=25-1646","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"6bc9f6ffa03053aff4d4d80b978eeac10087a80f0e90477a81225b7e1122a712","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-25-1645","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-25-1647"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}