Length Of Service

When you appear for jury service you should have ten consecutive work days available for service.

Beginning January 3, 2000, all San Diego court locations began using the One Day/One Trial term of jury service. You will report in person for one day. You may be selected to be on a case of any length. You must complete the case. If you are not selected for a case on that day, your service will be complete.

Postponements

You can ask to have your jury service postponed by calling (619) 450-5757. We will postpone your service once for any reason. 

To Be Excused

State law allows jurors to be excused if they have served within the last year. If you are seeking to be excused for any reason, you must complete the REQUEST FOR EXCUSE section on the Summons and mail it using the enclosed envelope. The request for excuse must be clear as to why a postponement to a later date will not solve the problem. There is no statutory exemption by occupation. THOSE EXCUSED WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED.

Directions

• Central/Hall of Justice (Downtown San Diego)
• North County Reqional Center
• East County Regional Center
• South County Regional Center

Public Transportation

Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) - The following link is for trolley, bus and Coaster transit service information, transit.511sd.com

Parking

Central/Hall of Justice (Downtown San Diego)

There is no free parking in downtown San Diego. You cannot easily use parking meters because they have a 2 hour limit, and parking tickets for expired meters are expensive. We encourage you to use the trolley, bus or Coaster. For transit information call (619) 233-3004. People with hearing impairments may call TTY/TDD (619) 234-5005. For 24 hour information from a touch tone phone call InfoExpress at (619) 685-4900.

Other Locations

All other locations have public parking available. However, it can be crowded. Please call the above numbers for transit information.

How Did We Get Your Name ?

• We get our names from the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Registrar of Voters.
• If you spelled your name differently, you may receive two summons within a one-year period.
• If the information at the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Registrar of Voters is not up-to-date, you may receive additional summons.
• If you have received a summons for a deceased relative, please sign the summons and return it in the enclosed envelope. We will attempt to not send further summons. However, if the name of a deceased remains on either of the two source lists you may receive additional summons. The only way to ensure that this does not continue is to contact those agencies and have the name removed from their lists.

Length of service

Beginning January 3, 2000, all San Diego Superior Court locations began using the One Day/One Trial term of jury service. Jurors will report in person for one day, and may be selected to be on a case of any length. Jurors must complete the case. If not selected for a case on that day, jury service will be complete.

State law allows jurors to be excused if they have served within the last year. We will also consider postponement of jury service to accommodate employer and employee schedules.

• The average Limited Jurisdiction Court trial lasts 3 days.
• The average General Jurisdiction Court trial lasts 4 days.
• A few trials each week last two weeks or longer.

Beginning January 3, 2000, most jurors will be on a One Day/One Trial term.

Central Court/Hall Of Justice

Telephone Alert for the Hall of Justice started in February 2004. Jurors whose summons states to call after 5 PM may also use this website on a daily basis in lieu telephoning. Please follow the instructions for the group listed on your summons.

• Check the Jury Alert information on this page.
• Call the number on your summons

South County Regional Center

Only Telephone Alert is in use at the South County Regional Center. Jurors reporting to South County should check for instructions before their reporting date:

• Check the Jury Alert information on this page.
• Call the number on your summons

Paying jurors

• Jurors are only paid for the days on which they physically appear starting with the second day of service.
• Jurors are given time sheets to clock in and out of service.
• We will verify attendance for employers if a question arises.