# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 8. Juries and Jurors

### Subtitle 4. Juries

#### Section 8-405

A trial judge may:

(1) Excuse a sworn juror temporarily; and

(2) Order the sworn juror to return:

  (i) On a specific day; or

  (ii) On a date and at a time that the trial judge or jury commissioner directs.

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