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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 62.115. Compilation of List of Convicted Persons

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The clerk of the court shall maintain a list of the name and address of each person who is disqualified under this subchapter from jury service because the person was convicted of misdemeanor theft or a felony.

(b) A person who was convicted of misdemeanor theft or a felony shall be permanently disqualified from serving as a juror.  A person is exempt from this section if the person:

(1) was placed on deferred adjudication and received a dismissal and discharge in accordance with Article 42A.111, Code of Criminal Procedure;

(2) was placed on community supervision and the period of community supervision was terminated early under Article 42A.701, Code of Criminal Procedure;  or

(3) was pardoned or has had the person's civil rights restored.

(c) The district clerk shall remove from the jury wheel the jury wheel card for the person whose name appears on the list.

(d) On the third business day of each month, the clerk shall send a copy of the list of persons disqualified because of a conviction of misdemeanor theft or a felony to:

(1) the secretary of state;  and

(2) the prosecuting attorney for a court to which a person was summoned for investigation into whether the person falsely made a claim related to a disqualification under Section 62.102(7) or (8).

(d-1) On the third business day of each month, the clerk of the court shall prepare a list of the name and address of each person on the list maintained under this section disqualified from jury service because the person was convicted of a felony and send a copy of the list to the voter registrar for the county.

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