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YOU MUST REGISTER ONLINE PRIOR TO YOUR DATE OF SERVICE

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:

https://jury.bowiecounty.org

ONCE YOU HAVE PRE-REGISTERED YOUR STATUS WILL APPEAR.

STATUS: Confirmed – Report on (means report at the Reporting date and time)

STATUS:  Confirmed (Service Complete) means your service is complete you do not have to report

SEE EXAMPLES BELOW

REPORT:

DO NOT REPORT:

You will need the Juror ID found on your summons along with your DOB to login.

You can also go to the website or call by phone 1-844-340-5510 to do the following:
* Check your status
*Request to be rescheduled
*Claim an exemption or disqualification


You may receive a response by email or text.  So, we ask that you provide an
accurate email address and cell phone number when logging in.

This will allow our office to streamline the prequalification process.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our Jury Coordinator at 903-628-6760.

WHEN REPORTING FOR JURY DUTY
PLEASE BRING YOUR OFFICIAL JURY SUMMONS
.

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EXEMPTIONS FROM JURY SERVICE (TX Gov’t Code, Section 62.103)

  1. You are over 75 years of age;
  2. You have legal custody of a child/children younger than 12 years of age and service on the jury would require leaving the child/children without adequate supervision;
  3. You are a student at a public or private high school;
  4. You are enrolled and in actual attendance at an institution of higher education;
  5. You are an officer or an employee of the senate, the House of Representatives, or any department, commission, board, office or other agency in the legislative branch of state government;
  6. You are the primary caretaker of a person who is unable to care for himself or herself. (This exemption does not apply to you if you are a primary caretaker only in your capacity as a health care worker.); and
  7. You are a member of the United States military forces serving on active duty and deployed to a location away from your home station and out of your county of residence.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR JURY SERVICE (TX Gov’t Code, Section 62.102)

To be qualified to serve as a juror you must:

  1. Must be at least 18 years of age;
  2. Must be a citizen of the United States;
  3. Must be a resident of this state and a resident of the county in which you are to serve as a juror;
  4. Must be qualified under the Constitution and laws to vote in the county in which you are to serve as a juror (Note:You do not have to be registered to vote to be qualified to vote);
  5. Must be of sound mind and good moral character;
  6. Must be able to read and write;
  7. Must not have served as a juror for six days during the preceding three months in the county court or during the preceding six months in the district court; and
  8. Must not have been convicted of, or be under Indictment or other legal accusation for misdemeanor theft or a felony;

A JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE IS MANDATED BY GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 62.0132. 
Your answers are CONFIDENTIAL and may be disclosed only to the judge, court
personnel, the litigant and the litigant's attorney.   

TO SAVE TIME YOU ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRES
PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL FOR JURY DUTY AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE:


https://jury.bowiecounty.org



   
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You are encouraged to arrive early for jury duty:

(1)To allow time to find parking and
(2)To allow time to go through security.

IMPORTANT:  READ ALL INFORMATION ON THE JURY SUMMONS
AND BRING ENTIRE SUMMONS WITH YOU TO COURT

Proper Clothing Required:  All persons entering the courtroom should
be dressed in clothing reasonably befitting the dignity and
solemnity of the court proceedings
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JUROR’S RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Right to Reemployment:  An employer may not discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate or coerce any permanent employee because the employee serves as a juror, or for the employee’s attendance or scheduled attendance in connection with the service, in any court in the United States. An employee who is discharged, threatened with discharge, intimidated or coerced in violation of this section is entitled to return to the same employment that the employee held when summoned for jury service if the employee, as soon as practical after release from jury service, gives the employer actual notice that the employee intends to return. (Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 122.001).

Failure to Answer Summons and Provision of False Information:  A person who fails to comply with this summons, or who knowingly provides false information in a request for an exemption or to be excused from jury service, is subject to a contempt action punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 (Government Code, Section 62.0141).  Additionally, a person shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 if the person: (1) fails to attend court in obedience to this summons without reasonable excuse; or (2) files a false claim of exemption from jury service. (Government Code, Section 62.111; see also Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 35.01).


                                                                www.americanjuror.org

 

Warning: A person who fails to comply with this summons, or who knowingly provides false information in a request for an exemption or to be excused from jury service, is subject to a contempt action punishable by a fine not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 (Government Code, 62.0141.) Additionally, a person shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 if the person: (1) fails to attend court in obedience to this summons without reasonable excuse; or (2) files a false claim of exemption from jury service. (Government Code 62.111)