---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 982"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "982"
heading: "Members: service on State and local juries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/982"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 49 — Miscellaneous Prohibitions and Penalties"
---

# §982. Members: service on State and local juries

- (a) A member of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) may not be required to serve on a [State](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4) or local jury if the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) determines that such service—
  - (1) would unreasonably interfere with the performance of the member’s [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) duties; or
  - (2) would adversely affect the readiness of the unit, command, or activity to which the member is assigned.
- (b) A determination by the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) under this section is conclusive.
- (c) The [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section.
- (d) In this section, the term “[State](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4)” [includes](/usc/10/101.md?p=g-4) the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each territory of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title V, § 502(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3863.)