Tex. Gov't Code § 62.0141 : GOVERNMENT CODE — JUDICIAL BRANCH — JURIES — PETIT JURIES — GENERAL PROVISIONS — Failure to Answer Jury Summons

In addition to any criminal penalty prescribed by law, a person summoned for jury service who does not comply with the summons as required by law or who knowingly provides false information in a request for an exemption or to be excused from jury service is subject to a contempt action punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.

Tex. Gov't. Code § 62.0141

Amended By Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1360, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2005.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 442, Sec. 3, eff. 1/1/1992.
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