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Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)

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Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)
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52.5 Excusing or Postponing a Juror
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The chief circuit judge may designate and authorize one or more judges of the
court, the court’s clerk, a deputy clerk, the court’s administrator, or a deputy
court administrator to excuse a juror from service on the basis of the
information provided on the juror qualification form when the prospective
juror:
1. Is under eighteen (18) years of age;
2. Is not a citizen of the United States;
3. Is not a resident of the county;
4. Has insufficient knowledge of the English language;
5. Has been previously convicted of a felony and has not been pardoned or
received a restoration of civil rights by the Governor or other authorized
person of the jurisdiction in which the person was convicted;
6. Is presently under indictment;
7. Has served on a jury within the past twenty-four (24) months; or
8. Is seventy (70) years of age or older and has requested in a space provided
on the juror qualification form that he or she be excused from service for the
period summoned. KRS 29A.080.
If your judge delegates this responsibility to you, you must enter the reason(s)
for excusing or postponing a juror in the space provided on the juror
qualification form. Also see the Jury Management Program Guide to record
excuses.
NOTE: Jurors may be excused from service for a period not to exceed ten AOC Form 010
(10) days or to postpone jury service for a period not to exceed twelve (12) AOC Form 006
months. Only the judge may excuse a juror from service entirely or
The JMP allows you
postpone jury service for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) months.
to print the excused
KRS 29A.100(3).
or postponed letter
You can use AOC Form 010, Order Excusing or Postponing Jury Duty, or AOC directly from the
Form 006 Juror Notification postcard, to