If you have been summoned to serve you will receive a Notice of Jury Duty and Juror Information Questionnaire 5-6 weeks prior to the initial service date. Please keep the Notice of Jury Duty for your records as it contains helpful information.
Step 1: Submit the Juror Questionnaire as required by law.
Step 2: if you are requesting to be excused from jury duty please put that information on the Juror Questionnaire. If a medical excusal is requested, please obtain a doctor’s excuse from your doctor’s office.
Step 3: f you have been excused from jury duty you will receive notice from Court Administration. If you have not received excusal notice from Court Administration, you are required to report as originally instructed.
General Juror FAQs:
Every year, Mercer County Court Administration receives a list from Harrisburg of potential jurors from Mercer County. Those names are drawn from multiple sources including, voter registration, driver’s license, tax records and welfare records. Mercer County receives the potential juror names electronically from the Commonwealth. Each month, Mercer County Court Administration randomly draws the names of jurors who will be summoned for jury service for a particular month. Juror summonses are then mailed out to potential jurors. If an individual is not a resident of Mercer County and receives a jury summons, the individual's name must still be linked to Mercer County as a resident via one of the sources used by the Commonwealth to develop the list of potential jurors for Mercer County. The individual may need to make any necessary changes or corrections with any of the above offices (voter registration, driver’s license, and tax or welfare records) to indicate that he or she is no longer a Mercer County resident.
Jurors should dress comfortably but properly for a courthouse setting. Shorts, mini skirts, tank tops and halter tops are not permitted. If you report wearing clothing that is considered inappropriate, you will be asked to return home (at your own expense) to change into suitable attire.
Parking is available in two areas. One area is located at the Bethany Presbyterian Church, which is located North of the Courthouse. Please use the unpaved portion of the church’s parking lot. The other area is located at the Mercer United Methodist Church, which is East of the Courthouse. Please use the parking lot located at the intersection of Cherry Street and East Butler Street. Do not park on the Courthouse Square. This is two-hour parking, and you will receive a parking ticket from the Mercer County Borough. The cost of the ticket is the responsibility of the juror. View the Juror Parking Map for Mercer Borough by clicking this link
Failure to appear when summoned severely undermines our system of justice and may result in a fine and/or imprisonment for those who fail to comply with their juror summons.
You will be paid $9.00 per day, plus mileage that is automatically calculated by residing zipcode. If you serve on a trial that lasts more than three days, your daily rate will increase to $25.00 on the 4th day and each day thereafter. Payment is loaded onto the Juror Payment Card received at juror check in and will be available for use on the 1st of the following month.
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Citizens 18 years of age or older are eligible. There is no age limit to participate in jury duty; however, persons 75 years of age or older can request to be exempted from Jury Duty effective January 1, 2016.
Additional information can be found on the Jury Service Pamphlet
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