Jury Duty

Jurors must report to the St. Lucie County Courthouse, Jury Assembly Room, 2nd floor.

Please use the parking garage adjacent to the courthouse along 2nd Street. Do not park in 2-hour restricted street or lot parking.

Before the report date on your summons, please check-in online to complete the Juror Questionnaire. If you are unable to complete the Juror Questionnaire before your report date, there will be computers and Jury Clerks ready to assist you on your report date.

If you received a summons, and you are not postponed or excused, please call 772-462-6982 after 5 p.m. the evening before your scheduled date. A recorded message will tell you whether you should report. If you do not hear a message, or the telephone recording is not in operation, report for jury service on the date and time indicated on your summons.

You will not be released from jury duty until you have completed one of the following:

• served as a juror on a trial
• appeared for service and were not selected as a juror
• called the automated phone system and was notified that your service is not needed.

If you fail to appear as directed, you may be fined $100, found in contempt of court, and ordered to appear for service.

Jurors are allowed two postponements, the third postponement requires written documentation by fax, email, or mail. Typical postponements are between four and six months depending on availability.

If you want to postpone your service, please email your request along with your Candidate/Juror Number to the Jury Department at [email protected], fax it in at 772-462- 2124, or contact our office at 772-462-6983. One of our Jury Clerks will get back to you within 2-3 business days.

Under the penalty of perjury, you may request to be excused from Jury Service for one of the following reasons listed below. All disqualifications/excusals must be submitted in writing AS SOON AS POSSIBLE before your scheduled reporting date.

Please submit disqualifications/excusals via email to [email protected], fax to 772-462-2124, or by mailing back the completed and signed Juror Excusal form on the summons to: Attn: Jury Department, P.O. Box 700, Fort Pierce, FL 34954.

Disqualifications:
You may not serve if:

• Convicted of a felony and civil rights have not been restored
• Currently under prosecution for a crime
• Currently on probation/parole
• Not a citizen of the United States
• Full-time law enforcement officer. Please include the agency name.
• Not a legal resident of St. Lucie County. Please include your new address.

Excusals:

• 70 years old or older. Please note if you would like to be permanently excused.
• Full time high school or college student, 18 - 21 years old
• Expectant mother or a woman who has given birth within six months before the report date.
• Parent not employed full time with child under 6 years old
• Physically unable to serve (Download Medical Request Excusal Form)
• Served as juror in St. Lucie County within the last 12 months. Please include the date last served.
• Sole unpaid caregiver of a person who is incapable of caring for himself/herself because of physical and/or mental illness

Download and submit the Juror (Non-Medical) Excusal/Disqualification Form.

Download and submit the Juror Medical Request Excusal Form.

You are entitled to a $15 per day payment from the state if you are:

• Regularly employed and not receiving wages while you're on jury duty
• Not employed
• Self employed
• Retired

You will receive $30 / day beginning on the fourth day of service, regardless if receiving wages from an employer.

If you have a disability and need special accommodations to serve, contact the Jury Coordinator at 772-462-6983 within two business days of your receipt of your juror summons. If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 800-955-8771.

There are security screenings at the entrance of the Clerk’s office or the courthouse. All of your belongings and items in your pockets will be screened, and you will be required to walk through a metal detector. If it beeps, security staff will use a wand to determine the origin of the beep.

Do not bring weapons, glass or items that may be construed as weapons:

• Glass bottles, glass perfume bottles, glass food containers
• Guns (stun, real, toy, lighter, etc.)
• Blade weapons (knife, razor, scissor, hair pick, pin, corkscrew, box cutter, scraper, screwdriver, etc.)
• Chemical weapons (mace, pepper spray, hair spray, etc.)
• Impact weapons (knuckles, club, hammer, etc.)
• Restraining devices and miscellaneous weapons (straps, chains, file, knitting needles, nail clippers, tools)