2018 State of the Court

STATE OF THE COURT REPORT | 2018 EDITION

JURY SBCSC uses the one-day or one-trial jury service program. This means that a juror will serve for one day or the duration of a trial. Typically, if you are not chosen after the first day of service, then your service is complete for one year. If you are selected to serve on a jury, after the trial is over, your service is completed for one year. Most people who report for jury service and serve on a trial, find the experience to be fascinating and rewarding. Jury Administration is responsible for summoning jurors, helping jurors reschedule their service, answering questions over the phone and via email about jury services, and paying juror fees and mileage. A six-person team is located at the San Bernardino Justice Center and on average receives close to 120,000 phone calls, responds to over 10,000 emails, and summons over 800,000 prospective jurors for jury service annually. Recent enhancements have been made to help facilitate the jury check-in process and make notifications about jury service more convenient. Jury kiosks have been operating in courthouses for over two years which reduces the check-in time spent by simply allowing jurors to check-in or complete their jury questionnaire by scanning their summons barcode. In addition to the jury kiosks, prospective jurors can sign-up to receive notifications about their jury service via text, phone call, or email, at sb-court.org.

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