Volume 71
Public Law 85–259
To amend section 1867 of title 28 of the United States Code to authorize the use of certified mail in summoning Jurors.
Approved September 2, 1957
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 1867 of title 28 of the United States Code to authorize the use of certified mail in summoning Jurors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 1867 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
Ҥ 1867. Summoning jurors
“When the court orders a grand or petit jury to be drawn the clerk shall issue summons for the required number of jurors and deliver them to the marshal for service.
“Each person drawn for jury service may be served personally or by registered or certified mail addressed to such person at his usual residence or business address.
“Such service shall be made by the marshal who shall attach to his return the addressee’s receipt for the registered or certified summons, where service is made by mail”.
Approved September 2, 1957.