Ind. Sup. Ct. Order: order-other-2026-26S-MS-326

In the

Indiana Supreme Court

In the Matter of the Approval of the Annual

Master List for Jury Pool Assembly

Supreme Court Case No.

26S-MS-326

Order Approving the 2027 Master List for Jury Pool Assembly

The Jury Committee and the Indiana Office of Court Technology (IOCT) are required to

oversee the creation of the Master List for Jury Pool Assembly (“Master List”) by order of this

Court (Case No. 94S00-0501-MS-19). To create the Master List, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles

(BMV) provided current customer files to IOCT, and the Department of Revenue provided current

taxpayer records to IOCT. Project staff at IOCT then (1) merged these sources and removed

identifiable duplicate information through social security number or name matching, (2) corrected

obvious data entry errors, and (3) removed individuals identified as deceased, underage, non-residents, and non-citizens. The list was then divided into individual county lists.

It is, therefore, ordered that:

1. The 2027 Master List is approved for use by trial courts as the source from which to

compile their jury pool. Counties may alternatively compile their jury pool from the

county’s voter registration lists, supplemented with at least one of these sources: property

tax records; telephone directories; or utility customer lists.

2. The Jury Committee and IOCT shall use this process annually and certify the Master List

to the Court’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) on or about September 1 each year.

The CAO shall advise the Court upon completion of the Master List.

3. The Jury Pool Master List project team has collaborated with the BMV to obtain the

necessary data for creation of the Master List. In the past, some courts have obtained data

for their jury pools directly from the BMV. This practice has been discontinued; courts are

to use the Master List created by this project, not contact the BMV directly.

Done at Indianapolis, Indiana, on ________.

All Justices concur.

Loretta H. Rush

Chief Justice of Indiana

9/18/2026