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Welcome! This page will give you information on jury duty in Bonneville County. Jury duty is an important service in this country. Citizens from all walks of life become jurors every day. As a juror, you can play a role in ensuring another’s constitutional rights are honored. Most jurors find serving on a jury to be an interesting and rewarding experience. Below you will find a link to complete your questionnaire online as well as a helpful video about jury selection procedure. You will also see answers to some common questions about jury duty. The Jury Commissioner’s contact information is at the bottom of this page.

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE ONLINE.

VIEW THE JUROR ORIENTATION VIDEO.

Questionnaire

If you received a summons for jury duty, the questionnaire is on the backside of that summons. The questionnaires must be turned in 10 days after the date the summons was mailed to you. You may click on the above link to complete your questionnaire online, mail the completed questionnaire as instructed on the summons, or bring the questionnaire to the Bonneville County Courthouse in person.

Term of service

Your term of service will usually be four weeks, but please take note of the dates on your summons to verify this as it may be different. This is just the time that you are available to serve. To find out if you need to report to the courthouse for jury duty, call the phone line 844-509-1211 at least every Friday after 6:00 pm to see if and when you will be needed at the courthouse. When you call the phone line, you may be instructed to call again on a different day or you may be told you do not need to call in again. Follow the instructions you are given on the phone line. You can also check your schedule online at https://jury.idaho.gov. You will need your candidate ID number (after the zeros) and your date of birth to log in. Also, check your texts, emails and spam inbox frequently as emergencies are rare but may occur.

One-Week Excusal

We understand that surprise changes to schedule may occur or that you may have an unavoidable situation. We can allow you to be excused for one of the weeks of your term if this is the case. Please contact the Jury Commissioner about this excusal.

Payment

If you arrive at the courthouse for selection and/or selected to a jury, you will be paid $5.00 for a half-day and $10.00 for a full day of service, plus $0.67 per mile traveled to and from the courthouse. If you serve on a trial longer than five days, you will be paid $50.00 a day for every day over those five days. If you wish to donate this payment to our childcare reimbursement fund, contact the Jury Commissioner (see contact information below).

Child Care

You may be reimbursed for childcare provided during your jury service. The reimbursement rate is $3.15 per hour per child. To obtain the forms for this, contact the Jury Commissioner (see contact information below).

Excusal from Your Full Term

To be excused due to a medical or mental health condition, you must provide a letter from a medical or mental health professional stating the condition and that it prevents you from jury duty. To be excused due to undue hardship, you must provide a written statement explaining the hardship and that it prevents you from jury duty (please be as specific as possible). We must have these statements to complete an excusal. E-mail the excusal request and supporting documents to: jury@co.bonneville.id.us or mail it to the address below.

Postponement from Your Term

Postponements are handled the same as excusals. A note from a medical or mental health professional is required for a medical or mental health condition and a written statement from you is needed for undue hardship or extreme inconvenience. Be as specific as you can in your statement. E-mail these postponement requests and supporting documents to: jury@co.bonneville.id. us or mail it to the address below.

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What to Expect if You are Called In

If you are called to come in for a case, you will come to the courthouse to receive an orientation. You will then go through the selection process, where you will be asked questions about your ability to serve as a juror on the case. The juror orientation video explains this process in detail. The dress standard can be best described as business casual. T-shirts, sweats, tank tops, halter-tops, shorts and hats are too casual for the court setting. No uniforms as well.

If You are Selected to be on a Jury

If you are selected to be on a jury, the Judge will inform you how long the case will last. After the case is completed, you will usually not be required to call in again and your term of service will be over. If you come into the courthouse for selection and are not selected to the jury the Judge will instruct you when to call again.

If you have any other questions or issues please contact the Jury Commissioner.

Mail: Office of The Jury Commissioner

605 N. Capital Ave.

Idaho Falls, ID 83402

Phone: 208-529-1350 Ext: 1902

E-mail: jury@co.bonneville.id.us

Fax: 208-524-7915

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