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Jury Duty
Excuse from Service
If you are requesting disqualification,
exemption,
excuse from or postponement of your
jury
service, please complete and return
the juror
information form to the Jury Commissioner
within five (5) days of receipt of
summons.
Your signature is required.
If you are not available on the date
scheduled,
you may request ONE postponement of
your
service. Select a week within the next
90
days and enter it onto the postponement
section
of the juror information form and return
it to the court. Students may request
postponement
of jury service to the next school
break
or to a day when they may not have
classes.
Jury services staff do not have the
authority
to excuse you simply because your employer
does not compensate you for jury service
but this may be considered by the judge.
Hardship on your employer or because
you
are the sole proprietor of a business
does
not excuse you from jury duty. You
may, however,
request that your service be postponed
to
a more convenient time for these reasons.
Employers are not required by law to
pay
their employees regular salary when
on jury
duty. It is advisable to check with
your
employer as to your company's policy.
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