South Carolina H 4056: Juror age exemption

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2025-2026 Bill 4056 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 19, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4056

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 14-7-840, RELATING TO AGE EXEMPTION FROM JURY SERVICE, SO AS TO 
INCREASE THE AGE FOR EXEMPTION FROM SIXTY-FIVE YEARS TO SEVENTY YEARS.

Be it enacted by the General 
Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 14-7-840 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
14-7-840. No person is exempt from service as a juror in any court of this 
State except men and women sixty-fiveseventy years of age or over. Notaries public are not 
considered state officers and are not exempt under this section. A person 
exempt under this section may be excused upon telephone confirmation of date of 
birth and age to the clerk of court or the chief magistrate. The jury 
commissioners shall not excuse or disqualify a juror under this section. The 
clerk of court shall maintain a list of persons excused by the court and the 
reasons the juror was determined to be excused.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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