28 USC § 1877 - Protection of jurors

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1877"
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title: "28 USC § 1877 - Protection of jurors"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1877"
section_name: "Protection of jurors"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "JURIES; TRIAL BY JURY"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 97–463, § 3(1), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2531.)"
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# § 1877. Protection of jurors

**(a)** Subject to the provisions of this section and title 5 of the United States Code, subchapter 1 of chapter 81, title 5, United States Code, applies to a Federal grand or petit juror, except that entitlement to disability compensation payments does not commence until the day after the date of termination of service as a juror.

**(b)** In administering this section with respect to a juror covered by this section—

**(1)** a juror is deemed to receive monthly pay at the minimum rate for grade GS–2 of the General Schedule unless his actual pay as a Government employee while serving on court leave is higher, in which case monthly pay is determined in accordance with section 8114 of title 5, United States Code, and

**(2)** performance of duty as a juror includes that time when a juror is (A) in attendance at court pursuant to a summons, (B) in deliberation, (C) sequestered by order of a judge, or (D) at a site, by order of the court, for the taking of a view.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 97–463, § 3(1), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2531.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is set out under , Government Organization and Employees.