2313.25 Service and return of venire - return to be presumptive evidence. - Ohio Statutes

2313.25 Service and return of venire - return to be presumptive evidence.

(A) The clerk of the court of common pleas shall deliver to the sheriff venires containing the names and addresses of the jurors drawn and specifying when the jurors shall appear. The sheriff shall notify each juror named in the venires to attend, in person or electronically, as specified in division (B) of this section, the term or part of a term for which the juror was drawn, by serving upon the juror at least six days before the commencement of the term or part of a term a notice addressed to the juror stating that the juror has been drawn as a juror for, and is required to attend, in person or electronically, as specified in division (B) of this section, the term or part of a term specified in the notice. The sheriff shall serve the notice personally, by mail, or by leaving it at the juror’s residence or at the juror’s usual place of business. Before the commencement of a term or part of a term, the sheriff shall return the venires for that term or part of a term, with the sheriff’s services thereon, and the return and service shall be presumptive evidence of the fact of such service.

(B) If pursuant to section 2313.251 of the Revised Code, the commissioners of jurors establish a procedure for the electronic notification of a person who has been drawn as a juror, the notice addressed to the juror and served pursuant to division (A) of this section shall specify the procedure for electronically notifying the juror.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 05-18-2005