age to serve jury
This means that if you are NOT selected to serve on a jury panel for a trial, your period of service is complete after the end of the first day. If you ARE selected to serve on a jury for a trial, your service is complete at the conclusion of the trial. The average trial lasts for three to five days. Juror Qualifications. To be legally qualified for jury service, an individual must: be a United States citizen; be at least 18 years of age; reside primarily in the judicial district for one year; be adequately proficient in English to satisfactorily complete the juror qualification form; Prospective jurors otherwise eligible to serve may be excused from jury service only for extreme hardship, or if they are at least 75 years of age. All requests must be submitted to the Jury Commissioner's Office in writing prior to the prospective juror's service date as explained on the juror questionnaire. A: Jury service in Orange County is for one day or one trial. If you are not selected to serve on a trial by. the end of the first day and are not ordered by the Court to return for a second or subsequent day of. jury selection, your service will be complete. If you appeared for jury service but were not chosen for a trial, you are exempt from serving for 18 months from the date of service. If you served on a jury panel for a trial or were part of a jury selection that took longer than two days, you are exempt from serving for two years from the last day of service. The jury fee is $40 per day. If service extends beyond 30 days the court may authorize an additional $6 per day per juror. The fee is paid by the State or the employer depending on (1) the day of service and (2) the size of employer. Employers’ jury fee obligations are explained below. To be legally qualified for jury service, an individual must: 1  be a United States citizen; 2  be at least 18 years of age; 3  reside primarily in the judicial district for one year;  be adequately proficient in English to satisfactorily complete the juror qualification 1  form; have no disqualifying mental or physical condition; A: Jury service may be postponed for approximately 4 to 6 months, through the eJuror online. application at www.occourts.org/ejuror , no later than five days prior to your service date, or by calling. the Office of the Jury Commissioner at 657-622-7000. Jurors who do not sit on a jury trial may serve for as little as 1–2 days. However, even if not needed for a trial, a juror may be asked to be available or on call for up to five days. Those who are selected to serve on a jury are required to serve on only one trial. Courts may also be able to provide a reader for visually impaired jurors. A juror who has a mobility impairment and is sent to a courtroom with access problems may be reassigned to a different location that has better access. TDD users can call the relay service at 1-800-662-1220 to place the call.
18 years