If your questionnaire responses show you’re eligible and available to serve on a jury—or your application for excusal is declined—your name will go into a ‘second selection’.
If your name is randomly chosen from the second selection, you’ll receive a summons for jury service.
Getting a summons does not mean you’ll definitely sit on a trial jury.
However, you must remain available throughout your jury service period to attend court for the jury selection process, if required.
If you’re employed, you’ll need to show your summons to your employer so they can arrange for your absence.
What’s on a summons
The summons will tell you:
- your panel number
- what courthouse you’ll need to go to
- the length and dates for your jury service period
When to attend court
More information
Find out more about when to attend court.
Being excused from jury service
If your situation changes after you’re summoned for jury service, you can still apply to be excused from jury service.
If you lose your summons
If you lose your summons, contact your nearest Supreme or District Court registry. They can reprint it and email or post it to you.
If you don’t attend court
A summons to serve as a juror is a legal document.
If you fail to attend court without a reasonable excuse, you’re committing an offence that may be classed as contempt of court.
You may be required to appear before a judge to explain your absence, be fined, or face a period of imprisonment.
