Jury Duty Excuse Letter in Arizona
A short letter asking the court to excuse you from jury duty or postpone it. Follow the instructions on your summons first, because courts handle these requests differently, and keep following the summons until the court answers.
What Arizona law says
| Who can be excused from jury duty | A person 75 or older may send the court a written request to be excused, temporarily or permanently, and the judge or jury commissioner must grant it. Others may be temporarily excused, on timely application, for a medical or mental condition (documented by a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner), inability to understand English, harm to the public interest, or undue or extreme physical or financial hardship to the person or someone in their care (for example, no substitute caregiver for a dependent); missing work alone does not qualify, and hardship requests must be resolved before the service date with supporting documents. Certified peace officers, state correctional officers, and people summoned within four years after serving on an Arizona grand jury may also be excused. Requests go to the judge or jury commissioner of the court that sent the summons. Source: Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 21-202 |
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| Penalty for skipping jury duty | A summoned juror who has not been excused or postponed and wilfully, without reasonable excuse, fails to appear can be fined up to $500 and ordered to serve on another date. If the person ignores a second summons, the court may issue a body attachment (an order to bring the person in) as for direct contempt of court. Source: Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 21-223 |
| Jury duty pay and your job | Arizona employers may not refuse to let an employee serve, and may not fire or in any way penalize an employee for serving on a grand or trial jury. Employers also may not require or ask employees to use vacation, annual or sick leave for jury service, and the employee keeps seniority and must be restored to their position on return; employers are not required to pay wages during jury service. Violating these rules is a class 3 misdemeanor. If a small employer (five or fewer full-time employees) already has another employee on a jury, the court must postpone the summoned employee's service. Jurors are paid $12 a day by the county plus round-trip mileage at the state-employee rate; a juror excused on the first day gets mileage only. Juror pay: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/21/00221.htm. |
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[today's date]
[your name]
[your mailing address]
[your phone or email]
To: [court or jury office name and address, from your summons]
Re: Jury summons. Juror number: [juror number from your summons]. Reporting date: [date you are told to report].
Dear [jury commissioner, clerk or judge named on your summons]:
I received a jury summons for the date above. I am asking to be [excused from / postponed from] jury service because [your reason, in one or two plain sentences].
I have attached [documents supporting your request, such as a doctor's note, or none].
If my service can be postponed, I can serve on these dates: [dates you are available].
Please tell me in writing whether my request is approved. I understand that I must follow the summons until I hear from the court.
Sincerely,
[your name]
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Last verified against official sources: October 22, 2026.
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