Judicial Branch of Georgia -> Tenth District - > Augusta Circuit

General Information
The jury summons you receive in the mail will tell you the time and location to report. Juror service is normally for one week, however, if you are participating in a trial, and it is not completed by the end of the week, you may be required to report the following week until the case has been completed. On the day before you are summoned to report for jury duty, you should call the jury call-in number (Superior 821-2459; Civil 821-2565; State 821-1231) for any final instructions or changes to the number of jurors needing to report. For call-in purposes, each juror is assigned a juror summons number and that number can be located on your summons.

Telephone Numbers
Superior Court Jury Clerk821-2430

Juror Compensation
For each day you serve or are required to report, you will be paid $25.00. Your pay is generally mailed to you following the week you served as a juror.

Proper Attire
Court participation is a serious responsibility. Your behavior and attire should reflect the decorum and respect due the legal system at this county. You should dress comfortably and appropriately. Examples of inappropriate attire include tank tops, shirts with messages, slogans or advertisements, shorts, torn denims, bare midriff, and bare feet.

Juror Parking
Free parking is provided to jurors in the county parking lot, located behind the City-County Building. Entry can be from 6th Street or Telfair Street.

ADA Provisions
If you need accommodations due to a disability, please contact the jury clerk at 821-2430.

Exemptions
OCGA Section 15-12-1 provides

(a) Any person who shows that he will be engaged during his term of jury duty in work necessary to the public health, safety, or good order or who shows other good cause why he should be exempt from jury duty may be excused by the judge of the court to which he or she has been summoned or by some other person who has been duly appointed by order of the chief judge to excuse jurors. Such a person may exercise such authority only after the establishment by court order of guidelines governing excuses. Any order of appointment shall provide that, except for permanently mentally or physically disabled persons, all excuses shall be deferred to a date and time certain within that term or the next succeeding term or shall be deferred as set forth in the court order.

(b) Any person who is 70 years of age or older shall be entitled to request the board of jury commissioners to remove such person's name from the jury list of the county. Upon such request the board of jury commissioners shall be authorized and directed to remove the person's name from the jury list. The request shall be made to the board or its clerk in writing and shall be accompanied by an affidavit giving the person's name, age, and such other information as the board may require. The board of jury commissioners of each county shall make available affidavit forms for the purposes of this subsection.