Mississippi Jury Duty Policy
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Mississippi has a list of specific excuses that can be used to be exempt from reporting for jury duty, including excuses for military, elected official, student, breastfeeding, age, police, medical worker and firefighter. You can also be excused if you don't meet the basic eligibility requirements for jury duty in MS.
Ask to be excused from jury serviceyou have a serious illness or disability that prevents you from doing jury service. you're a full time carer of someone with an illness or disability. you're a new parent and will not be able to serve at any other time in the next 12 months.
In Mississippi, jurors receive nominal compensation for each day spent at jury selection, or while serving on a jury. Jurors can also qualify to receive mileage reimbursement for travel related to their jury duty service.
In Mississippi, a pool of potential jurors is randomly selected from the local population of individuals eligible for jury duty. A prospective juror must: be at least 21 years of age. be either a qualified elector of the county summoned, or a resident freeholder of the county for more than one year.
Generally one is entitled to be excused from jury duty if he or she faces a personal hardship, business hardship, or has served on a jury in this court in the last two years. Further, a potential juror who is 65 years of age or older, may choose to be exempt from jury service.
Does my employer have to pay me for days I served on a jury in Mississippi? There is no statute requiring private employers to pay their employees for jury service. A employer does not need to provide annual, vacation, or sick leave to employees not entitled to such benefits under company policies.
If you're aged 65 or over, permanently disabled or have a chronic illness, you can request to be permanently excused when you respond to your jury summons. The court will send you a letter of permanent excusal.
Common Effective Jury Duty ExcusesExtreme Financial Hardship.Full-Time Student Status.Surgery/Medical Reasons.Being Elderly.Being Too Opinionated.Mental/Emotional Instability.Relation to the Case/Conflict of Interest.Line of Work.More items...?
Members of staff who are called for Jury Service for up to four weeks will be entitled to paid leave to attend court. As they will be paid their full salary there will be no requirement for members of staff to claim loss of earnings from the Court.
