Who can be excused from jury duty?
You should understand that a jury summons is a legal document. It is not an invitation which you may casually decline to accept. For this reason all requests to be excused must be first approved before you can consider yourself “released” from the summons and duty to report to the court for jury service. Include a daytime phone number, so the court may contact you with its decision. Since jury duty is a constitutional responsibility, requests for excuse are not taken lightly. Inconvenience to a prospective juror or employer is not an adequate reason to be excused from jury duty. You are entitled to be excused as a juror if: The interests of the public will be materially injured by the jurors attendance; The jurors spouse or a near relative of the juror or the jurors spouse has recently died or is dangerously ill; The juror is a cloistered member of a religious organization (a place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion); The prospective juror has a mental o
