730.261 Venire delivered to constable; notice to jurors, return.
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730.261 Venire delivered to constable; notice to jurors, return.
Sec. 11.
The clerk of the justice court shall deliver to 1 of the constables, or in their absence, to a deputy sheriff, a venire containing the names and places of residence of the several jurors and specify for what term of court said jurors were drawn. The constable or deputy sheriff to whom such venire shall have been delivered, shall serve a personal notice upon each of the persons whose names are contained in such venire by making out a written notice to each such person and enclosing the same in a sealed envelope addressed to such person at his last known place of residence, which written notice enclosed in said envelope and addressed to the person summoned, shall be sent to his last known place of residence by registered mail at least 5 days before the first day of the term of court for which he is to serve, with a demand in writing on said envelope for a return registry receipt.
Said constable or deputy sheriff shall make and file a return with the clerk of the justice court at the opening of the term for which said jurors have been summoned, specifying to whom said notice has been sent and attaching to his said return the returned registry receipts demanded and received from the persons so summoned.
History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16507 ;-- CL 1948, 730.261