Coos/Curry Jury Information

You are exempt if you are not a citizen, if you are not a resident of Coos and or Curry County, or if you have been a juror within the previous 24 months. If you are seventy years old or older you will be excused upon your request. If you have a medical condition and you indicate that on your questionaire, you will be excused. It is the policy of the Court that jurors are not excused from service due to their occupation. A shorter service period may be granted due to hardship created by jury service. If this is your first summons, you may request deferral to another month within one year from the date of the summons.

Jury trials are scheduled in the Coos County Courthouse on 2nd and Baxter in Coquille (Curry County: Courthouse on Ellensburg Road). There is no designated parking for jurors. Since you may not have a break for several hours, it is wise to park where there is no posted time limit. The City of Coquille (Curry County: City of Gold Beach) regulates parking.

Trials are normally scheduled on Tuesdays through Fridays. The majority of trials are one or two days long. On average, you will be called 2 or 3 times during your term. Please call 756-2020 or 396-3121 extension 243 (Curry County: 247-4511) if you need to be excused for a medical appointment. If you listed an unavailable date on your questionnaire or provided one to the jury clerk you do not need to call the jury recording, otherwise we rely on you being available during your service period.

At the beginning of your service period, call the jury recording at 756-2020 extension 375 or 396-3121 extension 375 after 6:00 P.M. (Curry County: 1-800-865-3686 or 247-7510). Each day the recording will list juror numbers needed the following day and give the reporting time. It may state that no jurors are needed and to call back. If you have difficulty reaching the recording, call extension 243 between 4:30 and 5:00 P.M. (Curry County: 247-4511 after 8:00 AM) When your number is called for the following day, plan on being available the entire day since you may be selected to sit on a trial.

There are assisted listening devices available in the courtrooms. Please inform the jury manager in the morning if you need to use one of the devices.

Please ask the jury manager for a verification form if your employer requires verification of your jury service.

Please be aware that at no time will the court contact a juror by phone and ask for personal information such as your social security number, birth date or credit card information. If anyone contacts you by phone, identifying themselves as a jury coordinator or court personnel, requesting this information do not give it to them. Several States have reported scams of this very nature where individuals have identified themselves as court personnel. After identifying themselves in this manner they informed the individuals that they failed to appear for jury duty and a warrant has been issued for their arrest. They go on to explain that if person will provide them with their social security number, date of birth, and sometimes their credit card number they could clear up this misunderstanding. Individuals who have supplied this information became victims of "Identity Theft" .

OJD Juror Certification and Waiver Form