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Florida has a list of specific excuses that can be used to be exempt from reporting for jury duty, including excuses for military, student, breastfeeding, age, medical worker, firefighter and disability.
Using the list below, you can access the available information from many of the Florida counties related to service as a juror in the Florida State Courts. Not all counties have specific jury information available online.
If you have summoned to jury duty and have a question or would like to request an excusal, you should contact the jury manager in the county where you live or where you were summoned. Standard Jury Instructions
Jurors requesting to be excused must log into Clearview Juror Portal and register. Once you have completed your registration, you will have the option to request an excusal or disqualification from jury service for your current summons.
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1863(b)(5)(A), some members of a group may be excused if the court finds that any member would suffer “undue hardship or extreme inconvenience” if required to perform jury service. Some categories of people, upon their specific written request, may be excused from jury service.
Jury Duty. Before Reporting for Jury Duty. Call (352) 671-5578 the day before (or the weekend before) your summons date. A 24-hour recorded message will tell you if you need to report as indicated. If there is no message on that line or if the telephone line is not in operation, please report for jury service as indicated on your summons.
Exemptions from Jury Duty. All people who are summoned to serve as jurors must attend unless they have been excused by the court. Attendance is essential to the fair administration of justice. People who fail to respond to a jury summons without being properly excused can be fined up to $100 and, in addition, can be held in contempt of court.
Excusal (Optional Excuse) According to Section 40.013, Florida Statutes, you may be exempt from jury service for any of the reasons listed below. Any request to be exempt must be submitted SEVEN WORKING DAYS before your reporting date.
There are very few statutory reasons for being excused from jury duty. If you feel that you should be exempt or excused from your service obligation, you can submit the request to the Jury Duty Judge.
If you received a summons to report to jury duty in Osceola county, view details of what to expect and how to confirm your appointment.