GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-518
SENATE BILL 293
AN ACT TO authorize the register of deeds to store an electronic copy of the juror master list.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 9-4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 9-4. Preparation and custody of list.
As the jury list is prepared, the name and address of each qualified person selected for the list shall be written on a separate card. The cards shall then be alphabetized and permanently numbered, the numbers running consecutively with a different number on each card. These cards shall constitute the jury list for the county. They shall be filed with the register of deeds of the county, together with a statement of the sources used and procedures followed in preparing the list. The list shall be kept under lock and key, but shall be available for public inspection during regular office hours. The register of deeds may elect to store an electronic copy of the jury list for the county."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of August, 2009.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 3:31 p.m. this 26th day of August, 2009