SUPERIOR COURT

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The Jury Week for November 12, 2024/Judge Blackmon has been CANCELLED! The Jurors who have been summoned

DO NOT need to report for this jury week!

We thank you for your willingness to fulfill your Civic Duty to your Community.

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Jury Information

The Clerk of Superior Court has established a Jury Liaison Officer (JLO) to assist in the process of jury selection, deferrals and excuses. The JLO for Carroll County is Catherine Huckeba. This is the jurors ONLY contact prior to the day of appearance. You may contact her by phone, fax, mail or email. You may email her at boe.jury@gmail.com or jury@carrollcountyga.gov with your questions or legal excuse information and legal excuse affidavits or by clicking on her name on this page. You may also fax any legal excuse information or affidavits to 770-214-3584; Attention: Catherine. There is a message line to call with voice mail requests for legal excuses and deferrals. The phone number is 678-390-6257. Please review the legal excuses below. If you legitimately fall under one of the categories list, you will be either excused or deferred to a later date. DO NOT leave multiple messages OR emails!!

(Multiple messages will not assure a call back any faster and they flood the line with unnecessary messages!!!) Please be advised that at any given time we have numerous jury pools selected and the message line may be backed up with incoming messages. The Jury Liaison Officer will listen to and manually record your requests for legal excuses or deferrals each day. Legal excuses will be excused and WILL NOT receive a call back. Legal excuses are listed below. If you fall under one of the legal excuses and you have satisfied the requirements, you will be excused!!!! Non legal excuses or questionable excuses will receive further instruction. Due to the number of jurors being summoned, written confirmations for legal excuses will not be issued.

Please keep in mind that the Jury Liaison Officer has other duties within the Clerk's office and is extremely busy. Your calls will be returned based on importance and as time permits. If they are not returned, you will need to report for jury duty!

The following affidavit is provided for your convenience. Please read the descriptions below the link to be sure they apply to you. The affidavit can be downloaded, filled out, then returned to our office as an attachment in an email to Catherine, or a faxed at the number given above.

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Jury Affidavit for Excusal or Deferment

The following is a list of legal excuses. These excuses MUST be accompanied by proof! Without written or documented proof, they will not be considered legal excuses!

1- NON-RESIDENT OF CARROLL COUNTY

(Non-resident must provide a Current Driver's License with new address or a copy of a bill which includes juror's name and new/current address.)

2- MENTALLY or PHYSICALLY DISABLED

(A doctor's letter is required prior to summoned date or the signed Affidavit from above signed by the patient's doctor.)

3- FULL TIME STUDENT

(Class schedule must be provided prior to summoned date.

Undergraduate students must be taking 12 hours to be considered full time.

Graduate students must be taking 9 credit hours to be considered full time.)

4- MEDICAL EXCUSE

(Doctor's note is required prior to summoned date.)

5- OVER 70

(It is not mandatory to serve on jury if 70 years of age or over. An over 70 AFFIDAVIT will need to be completed above.)

6- ACTIVE MILITARY

(It is not mandatory to serve on jury. A Military ID will be REQUIRED.

7- VACATION PLANS

(Travel itinerary or proof of tickets purchased is required in order to defer to a

future date. This must be received prior to summoned date.)

8- SINGLE/UNMARRIED PARENTS w/ CHILDREN 6 & UNDER

(A Childcare Affidavit must be filled out and turned in from the list above. This

affidavit applies only to single parents (if you are married, this affidavit

DOES NOT apply to you. It DOES NOT apply to married couples with children.)

9. CAREGIVER for DISABLED PERSON OVER 6 YEARS OF AGE

(An Affidavit from the list above must be completed and signed by patient's

doctor.)

10. HOME SCHOOL PARENT

(An Affidavit must be completed and a copy of the Letter of Intent from the

State must be turned in. All Home school Parents are required by GA

Law to report to the state intent to home school a child. Without Letter

Of Intent from the state, it is not a legal excuse.)

NOTICE

Employment or work I S N O T A L E G A L E X C U S E !!!!

This includes teachers, professors, doctors, truck drivers, business owners, beauticians, bankers, project managers, self-employed, etc...

Jury service is one of the most important civic duties a citizen can perform. The protection of rights and liberties in our court system is largely achieved through the teamwork of judge and jury. As a citizen of this country, it is your duty to serve.

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