The following prospective jurors are exempt from jury service if employed on a paid full-time basis in one of the following categories. This means they will not need to serve on a jury.

• Members in active service in the Armed Forces of the United States;
• Members of the fire or police departments of any state, district, territory, possession, or subdivision; and
• Public officers in the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of any federal, state, or local government who are actively engaged in the performance of official duties. A public officer is either elected to public office or directly appointed by a person elected to public office.

The following prospective jurors may request to be excused from jury service. The court may or may not grant the excuse, or may require the juror to report during a different month.

• Persons over 70 years of age;
• Persons who have, within the past two years, served on a grand or petit jury in any court;
• Volunteer safety personnel who serve without compensation as firefighters or members of a rescue squad or ambulance crew for a public agency;
• Persons having active care and custody of a child or children under ten years of age whose health and/or safety would be jeopardized by their absence for jury service;
• Persons who are essential to the care of aged or infirm persons;
• Persons whose services are essential to the operation of a business, commercial, or agricultural enterprise such that the enterprise could not function if the person were required to perform jury duty; or
• Persons for whom jury service is a temporary hardship or extreme inconvenience.