Juror Orientation
Welcome to Jury Duty for the Lane County Circuit Court. Your service as a juror is one of the most important things you will do in participating in our system of government and ensuring justice in our community. We hope to make your experience as rewarding as possible and we thank you for your willingness to take the time to serve your community. The right to a jury trial in certain cases is guaranteed in our constitution. A jury must represent the full community. It is important that a fair cross-section of the community be represented on the jury to prevent discrimination, including discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, age, or economic status.
While you are serving your jury term, jurors may park for free at the Parcade parking structure West of the courthouse or the Overpark parking structure South of the courthouse. You can find them on the Free Jury Duty Parking Map.
Orientation will be held the morning of your first day of service.
Your jury service will be for one day. If you are selected for a trial, your service will end at the conclusion of the trial.
Please view the Jury Orientation Videos listed in the "Juror Videos" section of this page.
We thank those who have spent the time -- and completed the hard work -- of serving on a jury.
FAQs
Your 10-digit Juror ID number is located on the front of the Juror Summons postcard sent to you in the mail. This is NOT the same as your 5-digit Juror No.
Your Juror ID number is located underneath the barcode on the front side and under Step 1 Respond to Summons on the back side. You will need your Juror ID number for completing the Online Response Questionnaire, and following submission of your Online Response Questionnaire, you can request to be Deferred to another date, or submit your request for a Qualifying Excusal.
If you are unable to complete the questionnaire online call the Jury Coordinator at (541) 682-4299 and someone can complete it over the phone with you.
Prohibited Acts by Employers: 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. The law also provides protections related to leave and continuing insurance coverage.
Juror Employment Protections
Your service is for one day or one trial. If you are selected for a jury panel, your service will only last the trial that you are selected to serve on. If you are selected to serve for Grand Jury, the term is for 30 days, up to five days a week.
Anyone with a disability who needs accommodation to participate in jury service may advise the court of the disability and type of accommodation by email, telephone, fax, or letter one week before service.
Please refer to our Accessibility webpage for further information.
In order to prioritize the health and safety of
everyone, we kindly request that you do not report for jury duty if you are
experiencing symptoms that may be viral or contagious. Please write a letter to
the court explaining why you failed to appear for jury duty and request to be
rescheduled to another date.
Refer to the Jury Summons post card for Juror parking information.
Parking is located at the PARCADE and OVERPARK structures operated by the City of Eugene.
The PARCADE is located at 35 W. 8th Ave (entrance between Willamette and Olive Street on both 7th Ave and 8th Ave).
The OVERPARK is located at 1000 Oak Street (Entrance at 10th and Oak).
You will receive a validation ticket from the jury clerk when you check in. If you park at any other location your parking costs will not be reimbursed.
If you need oversized or disabled parking accomodates, please contact the Jury Coordinator via email at lane.jury@ojd.state.or.us for further information.
An LTD bus pass is included on the bottom left-hand side of your Jury Summons postcard. Show the postcard to the driver for a free ride on your service date.
An airport-type security station is located at the entrance to the courthouse. It is a Class C felony for any person to intentionally possess a weapon in a court facility (ORS 166.370). Uniform Trial Court Rule 6.180 further prohibits the possession of a knife, device or harmful substance capable of inflicting death or physical injury. No lockers or other areas are available to secure personal items not permitted in the courthouse.
Yes. Each eligible person has an obligation to serve as a juror. The right to a jury trial has meaning only if you and others serve as jurors. If you do not respond to the summons, and you don't appear for jury service, the court may order you to appear and explain why you should not be held in contempt. If the court orders you to appear, you risk arrest if you do not appear. If you are charged with contempt, you risk criminal sanctions. Please support the right to a trial by jury and respond to your summons.
If you are unable to serve on the date you have been summoned to appear you may request to defer your service date to another time. You must choose a date within one year from the date of your original summons. Requests for a deferral may be made online through the eResponse portal or by email to
lane.jury@ojd.state.or.us. Deferral requests must be received by the court no later than two weeks before your service date.
To be excused from jury service you must either meet the one of the standards to be excused.
You can request to be excused by logging into the online eResponse portal or by email to
lane.jury@ojd.state.or.us. Your request must be received by the court no later than two weeks before your service date.
You will receive a written response to your request to be excused from service.
Mandatory Excusals
The court
must grant your request for excusal if you are:
- 70 or older on the date of jury service.
- A woman breast-feeding a child.
Discretionary Excusals
The court
may grant your request for excusal if you are:
- Jury service causes you, your family, or your employer undue hardship or extreme inconvenience.
- You are the sole caregiver for a child or other dependent, you attend personally to the dependent during the court's normal hours of operation, and you are unable to afford daycare or make other arrangements for the care of the dependent.
If you request to be excused for a discretionary reason you must provide specific and detailed information so the court can carefully weigh your individual circumstances against the public's need for jurors. The court may choose to deny your request and require you to serve.
Staff from Lane County Circuit Court will not contact you by telephone regarding jury duty. In addition we never ask for personal information such as your Social Security number, date of birth or credit card number. If you receive a phone call from a person identifying themselves as a court employee regarding jury duty, do not provide any personal or confidential information to these individuals. Most contact between a court and a prospective juror will be through the U.S. mail. Courts will also not serve a warrant or notify you of a warrant by email, phone or fax.
The grand jury is a body of persons sworn to inquire into alleged criminal acts. Every four weeks a small number of jurors may be chosen as grand jurors. The term of service for grand jurors is four weeks. The District Attorney's Office coordinates the grand jury.
Compensation for jury service is set by the Oregon Legislature. You can read more information in the
Oregon State Bar Handbook for Jurors.
Currently, jurors are paid daily at the rate:
- Days 1 and 2: $10 per day
- Days 3 and beyond: $25 per day
Jurors are also paid round-trip mileage for driving to the courthouse at the rate of $0.20 per mile.
A juror receives payment for a full day of jury service even if the person does not actually participate in a trial or is excused by the court before the end of the day.
Juror pay is subject to income tax but does not need to be reported for Social Security.
Documents
Please bring your summons postcard or your reminder email. If you have misplaced your summons, please still report as directed.
Food
The court does not pay for lunch. You may bring your lunch or a snack with you. There is a refrigerator and microwave in the jury assembly room. There is no cafeteria in the courthouse. You will be able to leave the building for lunch and there are many local places to eat nearby.
What to wear
Please dress comfortably, but also have respect for the important role you have as a juror. Suits and ties or dresses are not required.
What to bring
You may bring work, reading material, or a personal electronic device you can listen to with headphones.
Cell phones and computers
You may bring your cell phone and laptop computer to the courthouse. They must be placed on the X-ray scanner when you go through security. The Jury assembly room has WiFi available.
When you go into a courtroom, make sure your cell phone is turned off (not just silent or vibrate). The judge or their staff will inform you of any rules around technology use in the courtroom.
Security
Security at the Courthouse is provided by Lane County Sheriff’s Office. Security equipment in use at the Courthouse includes magnetometers (walk-through metal detectors), x-ray scanners, and hand held metal detectors. If you have a pacemaker, tell the security officer about it before you enter the metal detector. The security screening process can create long lines of people waiting to enter the courthouse during peak hours.
The main objective of Courthouse security is to maintain a safe and secure environment for everyone in the building. Everyone’s cooperation is needed in order to achieve this very important goal. Weapons of any kind are strictly prohibited and may be confiscated. Among items prohibited from court facilities are guns, knives, ammunition, pepper spray, mace, razor blades, illegal drugs and any other type of dangerous or hazardous material or property. A variety of items may be prohibited because they are hazardous or could be used as potential weapons. These include any object that is sharp, pointed or with a cutting blade regardless of length. If you are unsure if an item is allowed or not, the safest option is to not bring it into the courthouse.
Courthouse security will not hold unauthorized items for return later. Any prohibited item that is brought to the courthouse will be taken from you and permanently destroyed.