Thank you for using the online process to respond to your jury summons. The United States Constitution and the Texas State Constitution guarantee the right to trial by jury. State law obligates all qualified residents to serve as a juror.

Below you will find a series of questions. This form is secure and confidential. Please fill out the information below before the deadline listed on your summons. Please be sure to provide an e-mail address that is valid and that you check regularly. If you are excused from jury service based on your responses below, or if the jury panel is canceled, you will be notified by e-mail. 

If you fail to answer a jury summons or knowingly provide false information in a request for an exemption or excuse, you may be fined between $100 and $1,000.

If you are picked for jury service but fail to attend court without a reasonable excuse or file a false exemption claim you may be fined between $100 and $1,000.

State law does not allow a person to be excused for economic or business reasons. However, if you have hardships or concerns, please list them below and they may be addressed when you appear for Court.

The law does provide certain other exemptions that you can claim below as well as a list of factors that may disqualify you for jury service.

If you claim an exemption or disqualification, you are only formally excused when you receive an e-mail from the Court notifying you that you are excused from service. If you do not received a formal e-mail notifying you that you are excused, you may be asked to appear to explain your request for exemption or disqualification. 

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. (Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 122.001). Failure to Answer Summons: In addition to any criminal penalty prescribed by law, 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)