(A) Upon receipt of the jury list, the Clerk of the Court shall cause a summons substantially in the following form to be issued and served upon each person on the list:
STATE OF OKLAHOMA )
) SS.
COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA )
To (Name of juror) . Greetings: You are summoned to appear in the Municipal Court for the City of Bethany, Oklahoma, to be held at (Specify the address, room number, etc.) on the day of , at the hour of (Specify hour) to serve as a juror in the Court, and to continue in such service until discharged by the Court.
Hereof fail not, under penalty of law. Issued under the authority of the Court this day of ,
CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT Bethany, Oklahoma
Seal of the Court
(B) Service shall be made, as the Judge may prescribe by rule or direct by order, either in person upon the juror, by Marshal of the Court, by any member of the police force of the city or by the Clerk of the Court through certified mail directed to the juror at his or her address as given in the jury list with request for a personally signed return receipt. In any proceeding wherein service of summons by mail is an issue, evidence of the due mailing of the summons by the Clerk, or a member of his or her staff, and the presentation of an official postal return receipt purportedly signed by the addressee shall be prima facie evidence that the summons was duly received by the addressee and, therefore, that he or she was properly served therewith.
(C) Failure to comply with the summons for jury duty shall be an offense, punishable for each day of noncompliance.
(Prior Code, § 7-303) (Ord. 1624, passed 11-16-99) Penalty, see § 10.99