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Oath For General Jury Panel

Memorandum

To:

All Court Clerks

From:

Court Administrator

Re:

Jury Oath

38 O.S. §20.1 requires that each member of the general jury panel, when reporting to

the chief judge for jury duty, is to sign an oath which is in substantially the following

form:

Oath

I, the undersigned, do solemnly swear or affirm that I am a citizen of the

United States and a resident of the State of Oklahoma, County of

__________________. I further swear or affirm that I am eighteen

years of age or older.

I further swear or affirm that I have not been convicted of a felony for

which a period of time equal to the original judgment and sentence

has not expired, or for which I have not been pardoned. I further

swear or affirm that I am not now adjudicated as being mentally

incompetent and that I am not mentally retarded.

(Signature or mark of general jury panel member)

________________________________

Court Clerk

________________________________

Date

The oath is to be administered by the chief judge, and once subscribed to, is to be

maintained in the court clerk’s office as a judicial record.

AOC Form 12

Revised 7/05

Oath For General Jury Panel