# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 8. Juries and Jurors

### Subtitle 4. Juries

#### Section 8-401

(a) Whenever a grand or trial jury is needed, a jury commissioner shall:

  (1) Summons qualified jurors in the number needed; and

  (2) Have the summons served as the jury plan requires.

(b) A jury commissioner shall address mail to an individual's usual business or resident address.

(c) A summons sent to an individual with a juror qualification form shall instruct the individual to report for jury service unless a jury commissioner instructs otherwise.

---

Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)