Juror Information
People often wonder why they get picked for a jury and what can they do to get excused.
Jury service is defined by the legislature in RCW Chapter 2.36. The Superior Court Clerk is in charge of managing the picking and summonsing potential jurors into court. Unfortunately, in order to have a seated jury of 12 in Superior Court, we need to have around 30+ folks to show up for the day. Jurors are paid $10.00 daily and are reimbursed mileage.
If you believe you have a reason not to serve, or to serve for less than the normal one month, or simply need to have your term deferred, you should fill out the juror form, fill in the section on the back with your request and return it to the Superior Court Clerk for review.
Pursuant to RCW 2.36.070, the following categories of individuals are not considered able to serve:
You are less than eighteen years of age;
You are NOT a citizen of the United States;
You are NOT a resident of the county in which you have been summoned to serve;
You are NOT able to communicate in the English language; or
You HAVE been convicted of a felony and have not had your civil rights restored.
Please note that if you are excused or deferred to a new date you will get a new notice. You also could be called numerous times in a fairly short time as the jury selection system is random, and does not pull you out of the selection pool if you have recently served.
There is some good information about jury service available in the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) Jury Brochure which is free to download. You can also visit their Jury Duty site for helpful questions and answers.
If you have been selected as a juror for Superior Court you can call our updated 24 hour message system for scheduled trial dates at 360-875-9319. As trials are resolved they will be removed from the list. Reporting time for a scheduled trial is 8:45 a.m.