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Please review the postcard summons in its entirety. Once you have reviewed your postcard summons, please follow the instructions on the back of your postcard summons by starting at Step 1, Respond to Step 1.  After completing the initial qualifying jury summons questionnaire, there will follow an option to request to either be excused or deferred from jury service.

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​MAX Light Rail Station - The Hatfield Government Center Max station is at the west end of the MAX line, between Washington and Main on SW Adams in Hillsboro, and is within one block from the courthouse. Consult the map in the jury summons.

Tri-Met Buses – https://trimet.org/​
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There is free all-day parking available to jurors. Please refer to the back of your postcard summons for the address of the parking location structure, Washington Street Parking Structure, 232 SW Adams Avenue, Hillsboro, OR, 97123. Link to Google Map​​

Petit Summons: You could be scheduled to serve one day or one trial. Summoned jurors will report to the courthouse on the date and time noted in their summons, and if selected for a trial, will remain until that trial concludes. If you are not selected for a trial, you will be dismissed. This will complete your term of service for two years.

Grand Jury Summons: All jurors attend an orientation session where panels of jurors will be selected to serve for 5 weeks. Anyone not selected will be excused from jury duty for at least the next 2 years. Selected jurors will serve 1-2 days per week depending on the panel they are selected for.

Special Jury Summons: A special summons is for a single trial that is usually longer than our typical trials. A large group of jurors are called in to fill out questionnaires and attend an orientation session. Jurors then return on a later date for jury selection. The jurors who are selected will serve on the trial until it is over. Anyone who is not selected will be excused for at least the next two years. If you receive a special jury summons you may not request a deferral.


​​To be a juror in Washington County, you must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of Washington County, 18 years of age or older, and not have previously served on any state or federal jury within the last 2-years. You may also be ineligible for service ​if your rights and privileges have been withdrawn and not restored as provided under Oregon law. See ORS 137.281​.​​

​Contact the Washington County Circuit Court Jury Coordinator or ADA Coordinator as soon as possible after receiving your summons. 

Jury Coordinator
503-846-8888 Ext. 55005 (M-F 1-5pm)

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Special Jury Summons (Green Special Summons)
Check the recorded the telephone message 503-846-8888, option 3, 6, 2, 1 for information regarding reporting. 

Regular Jury Summons (White Postcard/Red Petit Juror Banner Summons)
If your juror number is selected for service, please report on the date noted on your summons to the Washington County Circuit Court, 145 NE 2nd Avenue, Hillsboro, Oregon. The courthouse doors open at 7:45 a.m.
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Check the Jury Reporting Schedule or the recorded telephone message, 503-846-8820​, to confirm that your juror number is in the juror group that has been selected to report. 
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View Google Map​ for directions to the courthouse.​

​​A grand jury is a special kind of jury that hears evidence in criminal cases and votes on whether there is enough evidence to issue an indictment charging a person with a crime. The term of service for grand jurors is one or two days per week for 5 weeks.​​

​No.  Oregon law provides that an employer shall not discharge or threaten to discharge, intimidate, or coerce an employee by reason of the employee’s service as a juror. 


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​Jury Coordinator
503-846-8888​ Ext. 55005 (M-F 1-5pm)

wsh.jury@ojd.state.or.us​


​Please contact the Jury Department​:


Mail:
Jury Department​​
Washington County Circuit Court​
145 NE 2nd Avenue
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124


A special summons means you have been selected for a trial that has been assigned to a specific judge. Deferrals are not allowed with a special summons, but you may request an excusal.​

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