Hennepin County Jury Service

Please only come to the Hennepin County Government Center for Jury Service if your group number has been called for service.  If you are called in for service, please bring your summons.
 

• Prepare for Jury Service: Arrange your schedule (e.g., work, childcare, etc.) so that you are available to go to court (if needed) on each business day during your two-week service period.  However, you will only report to the Jury Office once your group number has been instructed to do so.  Additionally, you will be paid for days that you come to the courthouse as directed.
• Complete your questionnaires:
  • Complete and submit your Juror Qualification Questionnaire online or by mail (follow the return instructions found on the bottom half of your summons).
• Day before your service start date: You must call the Message Line or click the Juror Reporting Information tab on our website on the Sunday evening before your service start date to see if you need to report to the courthouse in the morning for orientation on the first day of your service (usually a Monday).
• Day of your service start date: If your Group Number does not have to report in on the first morning of your service start date, you must call the Message Line or click the Juror Reporting Information tab on our website at or after 12:15 p.m. that day to see if you need to report at 1:30 p.m. that same day.  Do not check before 12:15 p.m. as the message is not updated until that time, or could be modified.
• Evening of your service start date:  If your Group Number does not have to report for service on your service start date, then you must call the Message Line or click the Juror Reporting Information tab on our website at or after 6:30 p.m. on your service start date to see if you have to report at 8:15 a.m. the next morning.
• Each day thereafter:  You must continue to call the Message Line or click the Juror Reporting Information tab on our website two times each day (at or after 12:15 p.m. and at or after 6:30 p.m.) for your two-week service term, or as instructed for your Group number via the Message Line or Juror Reporting Information tab.
• Report for Jury Service:  Once jurors are called in to report, they will continue to physically report to the Government Center each day for jury service until they are informed otherwise by the Jury Office staff, judicial staff, or judge.

Questions? Call the Jury Office at (612) 540-7436.