---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 1877"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "1877"
heading: "Protection of jurors"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/1877"
units:
  - "Part V — Procedure"
  - "Chapter 121 — Juries; Trial by Jury"
---

# §1877. Protection of jurors

- (a) Subject to the provisions of this section and [title 5](/usc/5.md) of the United States Code, subchapter 1 of [chapter 81](/usc/28/chptIV/ch81.md), [title 5](/usc/5.md), 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](/usc/5/8114.md), 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.

## Source credit

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

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.