IMPORTANT: You must submit your prequalifying questionnaire online before proceeding to make a request for a deferral or excusal for any reason.
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The following dates are NOT available for deferral:
December 16, 2024 through January 1, 2025
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Postponement/Deferral of Service:
- First Deferral Request: If you are unable to report on your service date, you may request that your service be delayed to start at least 3 months (90 days) from your report date but no later than one year from your original service date. ORS 10.055 A new jury summons will be sent to you.
Important Note:
You may be asked to provide proof of travel, a doctor’s note, or other documentation before a deferral can be granted. This helps ensure adequate juror attendance during low-response periods.
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Second Deferral Request: A second deferral may be granted by a judge or clerk for up to six months from the date of the request. The person requesting a deferral beyond a first postponement of jury service must state good cause for the request. ORS 10.055. A new jury summons will be sent to you.
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Days You May Defer To: You may make a deferral request to any day of the week, except for Monday, as this is not a day that jurors typically report for jury duty at Clackamas County Courthouse.
Submit Request via one of the following methods:
The Court
will not contact you if your request to be deferred is granted. A new jury summons will be sent to you for the new term of jury service. If your request is denied you will be contacted.
Request to be Excused:- Jury service causes you, your family, or your employer undue hardship or extreme inconvenience; or
- You are the sole caregiver for a child or other dependent, you attend personally to the dependent during the court’s normal hours of operation, and you are unable to afford daycare or make other arrangements for the care of the dependent.
- ORS 10.050
The Court
must excuse you if:
- You are 70 years or older, and want to be excused.
- If you want to serve as a juror, you may serve.
- If you are a woman breast-feeding a child, and want to be excused. If you want to serve as a juror, you may serve.
- ORS 10.050
Other reasons you may be excused or deferred:
- In addition, if you have served on jury duty in a state or federal court in Oregon within the last 24 months, reply via the Juror Juror eResponse portal.
- If you have a medical condition and document this with a written statement from your doctor, send by mail, fax, or email cla.jury@ojd.state.or.us.
- If you are a full-time student, with proof of enrollment from your school, you may request to be deferred to a time when you are not attending school. Send by mail, fax, or email cla.jury@ojd.state.or.us.
How to Make the Request
All requests to be excused must be in writing explaining the nature of the condition, with documentation of undue hardship, or extreme inconvenience that requires you to be excused. In most cases you will not be excused, but we may defer your term of service to a date three months after your current service date and not more than one year from your original summons.
Submit Request via one of the following methods:
The Court
will not contact you if your request to be excused is granted. You will be contacted if your request is denied.