(a) Each prospective juror shall be directed to complete the form and return it by mail to the Clerk within 10 days after its receipt. The juror qualification form is subject to approval by the Municipal Court as to matters of form and shall elicit the following information concerning the prospective juror:
(1) The juror’s name, sex, race, age and marital status.
(2) The juror's level of educational attainment, occupation and place of employment.
(3) If married, the name of the juror's spouse, and the occupation and place of employment of the spouse;
(4) The juror's residence address and the juror's mailing address if different from the residence address;
(5) The number of children which the juror has and their ages;
(6) Whether the juror is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County;
(7) Whether the juror is able to read, speak and understand the English language;
(8) Whether the juror has any physical or mental disability substantially impairing the capacity to render satisfactory jury service;
(9) Whether the juror has, within the preceding two years, been summoned to serve as a Petit Juror, Grand Juror or Magistrate Court Juror, and has actually attended sessions of the Magistrate Court or Circuit Court and been compensated as a juror;
(10) Whether the juror has lost the right to vote because of a criminal conviction; and
(11) Whether the juror has been convicted of perjury, false swearing or other infamous offense.
The juror qualification form may also request information concerning the prospective juror's religious preferences and organization affiliations, except that the form and the accompanying instructions shall clearly inform the juror that this information need not be provided if the juror declines to answer such inquiries.
(b) The juror qualification form shall contain the prospective juror's declaration that the responses are true to the best of the prospective juror's knowledge and an acknowledgment that a willful misrepresentation of a material fact may be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both fine and imprisonment.
Notarization of the juror qualification form shall not be required. If the prospective juror is unable to fill out the form, another person may assist the prospective juror in the preparation of the form and indicate that such person has done so and the reason therefor. If an omission, ambiguity or error appears in a returned form, the Clerk shall again send the form with instructions to the prospective juror to make the necessary addition, clarification or correction and to return the form to the Clerk ten days after its second receipt.
(c) Any prospective juror who fails to return a completed juror qualification form as instructed shall be directed by the Jury Commission to appeal forthwith before the Clerk to fill out the juror qualification form. At the time of the prospective juror's appearance for jury service, or at the time of any interview before the Court or Clerk, any prospective juror may be required to fill out another juror qualification form in the presence of the Court or Clerk. At the time the prospective juror may be questioned, with regard to the responses to questions contained on the form and the grounds for the prospective juror's excuse or disqualification. Any information thus acquired by the Court or Clerk shall be noted on the juror qualification form.
(d) Any person who willfully misrepresents a material fact on a juror qualification form or during any interview described in subsection (c) hereof, for the purpose of avoiding or securing service as a juror, is guilty of a misdemeanor, And upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both fined and imprisoned.