Jury Duty at 52-4 District Court

For jury selection you should plan to spend at least the morning at the court.

At Jury Selection, if you are selected for a jury trial, trials may begin following the jury selection.  You will also be expected to come back the following week if needed.  The average length of a jury trial is one or two days.

For the first day of service, you will be paid $15.00 for a half day and $30.00 for a full day. For additional days, you will be paid $22.50 for a half day and $45.00 for a full day. You will also be paid round trip mileage of $.20 per mile, computed from your home address. This amount is set by the state legislature and is considered reimbursement for your travel and other expenses.

If you have moved out of the area you must provide a copy of your driver's license, front and back, showing your new address. Upon receipt of proof, you will be permanently excused from serving jury duty at this court.

If you are seventy years of age or older you are not obligated to serve jury duty.  You must show proof of your age in order to be permanently excused. Of course, if you are 70 or over and wish to serve you may.

For your nursing needs we have a rest room right across the hall from the jury room. However, we are not able to provide childcare.

We will time stamp your summons when you leave the court on jury selection day. You can use this as proof to provide to your employer. Within two weeks after serving your jury duty, you will be sent a certificate of appreciation and payment form showing the amount you will receive for your jury term. The check is issued from Oakland County and will be sent separately within 6 to 8 weeks.

Because you are a student you are not exempt from serving jury duty.  However, the court is willing to work around your school schedule as much as possible.

All medical excuses must be accompanied by a letter from your doctor two weeks prior to your scheduled jury selection date. In order to be permanently excused from serving jury duty, a doctor's note is required and must state that you are to be permanently excused from serving.

You must have permission from the Court to be excused. Due to the importance of the judicial process and the need for available jurors, very few jurors are excused from service. If you have an extraordinary circumstance that requires you to be excused, you must submit a detailed request in writing within 2 weeks of receiving your summons. You will receive an answer from the Court shortly thereafter. (Although the Court sympathizes with work and childcare concerns, we are unable to excuse jurors for these reasons since they are shared by the majority of prospective jurors.)

Our Jury Clerk at 248-528-0400.

Report directly to the Jury Assembly Room located in the court lobby.