---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 516.75"
title: "32"
number: "516.75"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/516.75"
---

# §516.75. Policy.

- (a) Active duty soldiers should fulfill their civic responsibility by serving on state and local juries, so long as it does not interfere with military duties.
- (b) The following active duty soldiers are exempt from complying with summons to serve on state and local juries:
  - (1) **General officers.**
  - (2) **Commanders.**
  - (3) Active duty soldiers stationed outside the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.
  - (4) **Active duty soldiers in a training status.**
  - (5) **Active duty soldiers assigned to forces engaged in operations.**
- (c) Other active duty soldiers may be exempted from serving on local juries if compliance with such summons would have either of the following effects:
  - (1) It would unreasonably interfere with performance of the soldier's military duties; or,
  - (2) **It would adversely affect the readiness of a summoned soldier's unit, command, or activity.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 10 U.S.C. 218, 1037, 1089, 1552, 1553, 2036; 18 U.S.C. 219, 3401; 28 U.S.C. 50, 513, 515, 543; 31 U.S.C. 3729 and 41 U.S.C. 51; 42 U.S.C. 290, 2651; 43 U.S.C. 666

### Source

Source: 59 FR 38236, July 27, 1994, unless otherwise noted.