If you have any questions about your service, please call the Jury Information Line at (352) 337-6238, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
All requests for excusal or postponement must be submitted in writing for the Court’s review three working days prior to your service date. The Court will notify you of its decision by email only if one is provided upon submitting your excusal request. We ask that you submit your request for consideration as soon as possible. Requests can be mailed, faxed to (352) 264-7088 or submitted online. Most requests are reviewed within the week. Please be sure to check the spam/junk folders of your email, as well. If you have not received an email notifying you as to the status of your request, please call the Jury Information Line at (352) 337-6238.
Jury Scamming
Please be aware, the Clerk, the Court, nor law enforcement will ever solicit payment via phone or email regarding a missed jury service date. Do not provide any information, either by phone or e-mail, and do not open any attachments to an e-mail from someone claiming to represent the court system. In the event you receive an email or phone call you feel may not be legitimate, please contact the Jury Administration Line at (352) 337-6238.
Parking
Jurors summoned for service should parkin in the Southwest Downtown Parking Garage as indicated on the map provided in your summons.
Please be sure to complete the parking form provided in your summons and bring with you to the courthouse to ensure your parking is validated.
Arriving to Report
You will be required to walk through security as you enter the courthouses. Please note that all items brought to the courthouses are subject to search. Due to knives and even firearms concealed in belt buckles and belts, all persons entering the courthouses will be required to remove their belts for inspection. Weapons are not permitted – this includes pocket knives, scissors, box cutters, firearms, etc.
Calling Before Report Date
Jurors may be called off prior to jury service.
Please call after 5:00pm the Friday before your report date for juror call off information.
If you have been summoned for the Stephan P. Mickle, Sr., Criminal Courthouse, please call (352) 264-7099.
If you have been summoned for the Alachua Family Civil Justice Center, please call (352) 374-3620.
This information is available on the Alachua County Clerk of Court’s website.
