The jurors of Garrett County shall each receive $15 for each day they attend the Circuit Court, and shall receive an additional sum for mileage for each mile round trip from their home. The mileage paid to jurors is guided by the reimbursement rate for state employees using private vehicles on state business as amended from time to time issued by the Maryland Department of Budget and Management. On or after July 1, 2005, a juror who serves as a petit juror for more than 5 days for a trial shall be paid $15 per day for the first 5 days (same as before), but then $50.00 per day for the sixth day and each day thereafter.
(1986 Code, § 58-1) (P.L.L., 1888, Art. 12, § 124; 1930, § 223; 1878, Ch. 108; 1924, Ch. 14; Am. by Md. H.B. 1185, passed 7-1-2005)
Editorial note:
The daily compensation of jurors is mandated by Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, § 8-106.