Every rule on this site comes from an official source, is recorded with the exact sentence that supports it, and is reviewed by an attorney before it is marked verified.
Which sources we use
Only official sources can support a rule here. When they disagree, the higher source wins:
- Statutes, such as a state's judiciary law or Title 28 of the U.S. Code for federal courts.
- Court rules, administrative orders and each federal district's jury plan.
- Official court and judiciary web pages and forms.
- Official government agencies for related topics, such as labor departments, the IRS and the FTC.
We never cite other websites, news articles, law firm blogs or AI answers as a source. They can point us to a rule; the rule is then confirmed in an official source.
How a rule gets onto a page
- Research. We use AI tools to search official sources and record, for each rule, the citation, the web address and the exact supporting sentence. If no official sentence supports a rule, it is left out.
- Automated checks. Software confirms each source loads, that the supporting sentence still appears on it, that it is an official domain, and that a federal source is never used for a state rule or the reverse.
- Attorney review. An attorney checks each rule for the right court system, current law, effective dates and conflicts between sources.
- Drafting. Pages are written only from reviewed rules. A second automated pass compares every sentence against those rules and flags anything unsupported.
- Sign-off. The attorney reads the finished page. Only then does it show a verified date.
What the labels on a page mean
- Verified
- An attorney has reviewed every rule on the page, on the date shown.
- Researched
- The rules were collected from official sources and checked automatically on the date shown, and are awaiting attorney review.
- State courts / Federal courts
- Which court system a rule belongs to. Each rule cites that system's own sources; when one court describes another's practice, the page says whose statement it is.
- Source number
- The small number after a rule. It opens the official source and the exact sentence the rule comes from.
Keeping pages current
- Every week, software re-checks each source and flags any page whose source has changed.
- During each legislative session we watch for new laws on jury service in the states we cover.
- Every state is fully re-verified at least once a year.
- Reports from readers are checked within a week. Material corrections are listed on our corrections page.
Our use of AI
We use AI to research official sources and to draft pages. AI does not decide what a rule is: every rule must match an official source sentence, pass automated checks and be reviewed by an attorney.