FAQ's Juror Service, Jury Duty, Superior Court Spokane, WA
Only in designated “Public Parking” lots; at meters only. Please refer to your Jury Duty parking map. NO street parking is allowed at meters, unless you choose to individually pay at those meters.
If your parking permit is displayed properly and you are parked at a meter within one of the Public Parking lots designated on your County campus map, you will not need to “feed the meter”.
You are responsible for any ticket. The County does not cover parking tickets since we provide parking permits for free parking at meters in the designated lots. Please make sure your parking permit is displayed in the windshield.
You will receive your first check approximately two weeks from the first day of your jury service. A separate check is issued for each week in which you report. Your check will include both mileage and jury fees.
There are three ways that you can find the best route to get you there.
1) Log onto
www.spokanetransit.com and click on the Trip Planner where you can enter your address and the "Government Building" Courthouse County. By indicating your "arrival" time, the Trip Planner will list several options for your commute in which you can choose the trip that best fits your needs.
2) Email your request for a trip plan through
www.spokanetransit.com in the "How do I get there location" under Ride STA. Your request will be emailed back to you from a Customer Service Representative. Please allow 24 hours for this option.
3) If you don't have access to the internet, you can speak with a Spokane Transit Customer Service Representative at 328-RIDE (328-7433) for specific information. The STA staff can provide you with the route that will work best, or can mail or e-mail your trip information.
Please report your one-way mileage to Jury Management during your first week of jury duty. The court is unable to make any corrections to your pay for mileage unless it is given to us prior to Friday of your first week.
Yes. The IRS requires that your Social Security Number be given to Jury Management in order for the Court to pay for your jury duty. The SSN is kept confidential between Jury Management and the Auditor who prints your check. If you choose not to release the number, the Auditors are not allowed to process your check.
If a jury coordinator or court staff person calls you, you will not be asked to provide your social security number over the phone.
If you need a daily verification, please ask Jury Management to print that for you AFTER you have checked out for the day. If you need a Weekly or End-of-Term verification, please sign for those on the clipboard. Weekly and End-of-Term verifications will be mailed to your home. Note: Your Superior Court Verification includes your arrival and departure times.
If your employer has a special form, please give it to Jury Management to complete and mail to you. Be sure to check in with your Barcode each day as you arrive, and check out as you are ready to leave. This will provide the appropriate times for your verification. Note: Your Superior Court Verification includes your arrival and departure times.
Not necessarily. Many trials are only 2 or 3 days in length. Your term is for two weeks, and once your trial is completed, you will be requested to call the Recording during the remainder of your term.
Yes. There will always be a lunch hour (usually 12:00-1:00 p.m. or later) and breaks during the morning and afternoon sessions while serving on a trial. While in the Jury Lounge, you will be informed as soon as Jury Management knows about break times.
There is no absolute begin- or end-time for jury duty. However, the court will normally schedule their trials within County office hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
Most likely you will not be sequestered. In Spokane County there have only been a few juries sequestered in many years.
No. We are aware that you have been selected to serve on a trial and will not expect you to check the recording until that trial has been completed. When you are released from the court, the Judge or Judicial Assistant will inform you when you will begin the Call-In procedure.
Call each evening between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. the next morning. However, keep in mind you will not call the recording while you are serving on a trial or still in selection on a trial.
Write a brief note explaining the conflict (including date) and give it to Jury Management. If that specific date would occur during the length of the current trial, then let the Court know of your conflict prior to the jury selection being completed for that trial.
Let Jury Management know so that they can check you in for the day or reprint the sheet.
No. Once your name has appeared on the screen, you have been checked in for that day. Note: We cannot pay your mileage twice in one day if you do choose to go home and return.
You will not Scan Out during lunch or other breaks; only when the court has released you for that specific day.
Let the Judicial Assistant know, and they will take care of it.
If you brought your own lunch, you may eat it in the Jury Lounge or at a table or bench outside the Courthouse. If you would like to purchase a lunch, the cafeteria on the first floor of this Annex is nearest. Other nearby options are posted on the bulletin board in the Jury Lounge.
Those are allowed within the Jury Lounge, and you may use them here. Please take them with you when you go to the Court. You will need to turn off your cell phone prior to entering the Courtroom.
Only if their rights have been restored.
No. They need to ask to be excused if they have a complication. If they have a medical reason to be excused and are 65 or older, they can request that (without needing to provide a doctor’s note).
Yes, upon request, if your service has been within one year.
Yes, that is correct.
Yes. It will arrive 4 weeks prior to your new term of service. However, if the new date is within a month, we will send out the new Summons ASAP.
The Summons and the Juror Information Form says that jurors will not receive further notice UNLESS their excuse was NOT accepted.
No, only the first four questions on the Juror Information Form need completed, with the surviving spouse’s signature stating that individual’s death.
The parent can either send the paperwork to the student or complete the first four questions on the Jury Information Form (JIF) and return with that designation (signed by the parent, so we know why the postmark is Spokane).
The student needs to complete the Jury Information Form (JIF) and return it with their class schedule (including time of classes) for the term in conflict.
Please complete the Jury Information Form (JIF) and return it with a requested specific Monday (within six months of their original summons date) on the lowest section “For Postponement Requests”.
If the individual is known to the recipient, please ask them to forward the paperwork for the prospective juror to complete and return to us.
If the individual is UNDER age 65, they will need to send a doctor’s note.
If the prospective juror is out of the county, a copy of their order is sufficient. If the individual is serving on base inside Spokane County, they are not excused unless their commanding officer writes a letter to be included with their Juror Information Form (JIF).
The Juror Information Form (JIF) needs completed and a copy of the policy regarding jury duty time away from their employment.
The Juror Information Form (JIF) needs completed, including a note stating the circumstances. If the mother works, they are typically not excused as they will be using daycare already.
We cannot excuse individuals based on their specific religious faith. This would deter our “randomness” pool, by excusing individuals of one faith, but not another.
The Juror Information Form (JIF) also needs completed in this request. Typically we will excuse a self-employed individual IF they would lose a large amount of business or financial support by attending jury duty for an expected 3 days.
The first four questions on the Juror Information Form (JIF) need completed, and the form signed and dated, circling the Citizenship disqualification. Please indicate your current citizenship.
Complete the Juror Information Form (JIF) and indicate disqualification by checking the Non-Resident status. As requested on the Juror Information Form (JIF), we do require current address and County of residence.
Jurors need to be able to communicate in the English Language or with a sign language interpreter. If an individual cannot communicate IN ENGLISH AT ALL , and someone else needs to complete the Juror Information Form (JIF) that should be indicated as a note on the form. If an individual has been in the State more than five years and can communicate some, we ask them to try with one case.