Please call the telephone number above after 5:30 P.M. on Friday the weekend prior to your summons date and each evening of the week you are summoned.

You will be on telephone standby beginning with the date printed on the face of your summons and continuing through Friday of that business week. If you are required to report and you are not selected to serve on a trial and are not ordered by the court to return for a second or subsequent day of selection, your term of service will be complete. Please be advised that the day you report in you may go through more than one selection process. If you are selected to serve on a trial, your term of service will be the length of that trial. Trials are of varying length. The trial judge will advise you of the trial duration, and you may be excused from that particular trial if your service would amount to an extreme hardship. The average trial length is 3-4 days.

If you are disqualified or you are requesting a postponement or excuse you must complete and mail the affidavit with any required document within the next five days in the envelope enclosed in your summons. Retain the summons portion for your records. Excuse requests must explain why a postponement of jury service will not solve the problem.  
 

If you are not available for the week scheduled, you may request ONE POSTPONEMENT of your service. In the postponement section of the AFFIDAVIT OF PROSPECTIVE JUROR, SELECT A WEEK YOU WILL BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS. You will receive a new summons by mail approximately one month prior to the date you have selected. 
 

All excuses must be made in writing and are considered on an individual basis. California law requires a new file be created annually. It is possible that you may have been excused in the past for a reason that is still prohibiting you from serving. If this is the case simply complete the AFFIDAVIT OF PROSPECTIVE JUROR and enclose the appropriate documentation.