If you are not a citizen of the United States, please complete and return the Juror Qualification Form and provide a copy of your resident alien card, green card, student or work visa to be excused from jury service. Requests to be excused from jury service will not be considered without a completed Juror Qualification Form and the necessary documentation.

If you are completing the Juror Qualification Form for someone other than yourself, please sign and date the form, and indicate your relationship to the juror.

If you are not a resident of Carroll County, please complete and return the Juror Qualification Form and provide a copy of your new driver’s license, change-of-address card or identification card to be excused from jury service. Requests to be excused from jury service will not be considered without this documentation.

If you are registered to vote in Carroll County, you must contact the Carroll County Board of Elections to have your name removed from the voter rolls (even if you have never voted in Carroll County). If you do not call and request your name to be removed from the voter rolls, you may be summoned again.

If you have criminal charge(s) pending against you punishable by a sentence exceeding twelve (12) months, please complete and return the Juror Qualification Form (check “yes” to Question 15) and provide documentation that lists the charge(s), date and the jurisdiction where the charge(s) are pending.

If you have been convicted of a crime(s) and sentenced to more than twelve (12) months in jail, and have not been legally pardoned, please complete and return the Juror Qualification Form (check “yes” to Question 16) and provide documentation of the charge(s), the sentence, the date and the jurisdiction where you were convicted.

Requests to be excused from jury service will not be considered without the completed Juror Qualification Form and the necessary documentation.
If you are completing the Juror Qualification Form for someone other than yourself, please sign and date the form, and indicate your relationship to the juror.

If you have a disability and wish to be excused from jury service, please provide a note from your healthcare provider along with your completed Juror Qualification Form. Or, you may visit the Jury Office website for a Physician Form (click here) to be completed and returned to the Jury Office by your healthcare provider along with your completed Juror Qualification Form.

If you have a disability and need an accommodation in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a written statement requesting an accommodation and specifying the type of accommodation, is required along with your completed Juror Qualification Form. Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate you.

If you have a health issue and wish to be excused from jury service, please provide a note from your healthcare provider along with your completed Juror Qualification Form. Or, you may visit the Jury Office website for a Physician Form (click here) to be completed by your healthcare provider and returned to the Jury Office along with your completed Juror Qualification Form.

If your health issue is temporary, and you wish to postpone your service to a future date, follow the instructions on your summons to complete your Juror Qualification Form online and then you may take advantage of a one-time courtesy rescheduling. Since this is a one-time rescheduling, when selecting your new term, please consider vacations, family obligations, work commitments, etc., so that the date you select will be one in which you will be able to serve.

Please note that you will receive a second summons with your new term of service and new group number. Please be sure to complete and return the second Juror Qualification Form or complete online.

No request to be excused will be considered without the completed Juror Qualification Form along with the necessary documentation.

If you are completing the Juror Qualification Form for someone other than yourself, please sign and date the form, and indicate your relationship to the juror.

If you are 70 years or older and wish to be excused from jury service, please complete the Juror Qualification Form and return to Jury Office or follow the instructions on your summons to complete the form online. If you wish to be excused temporarily check “yes” to Question 20a (you will be excused from service for one year). If you wish to be excused permanently check “yes” to Question 20b. Do not check both.

If you are completing the Juror Qualification Form for someone other than yourself, please sign and date the form, and indicate your relationship to the juror.

Students are not exempt from jury service. You may follow the instructions on your summons to complete your Juror Qualification Form online and then you may take advantage of a one-time courtesy rescheduling. Since this is a one-time rescheduling, when selecting your new term, please consider vacations, family obligations, work commitments, etc., so that the date you select will be one in which you will be able to serve.

Please note that you will receive a second summons with your new term of service and new group number. Please be sure to complete and return the second Juror Qualification Form or complete it online.

If you are completing the Juror Qualification Form for someone other than yourself, please sign and date the form, and indicate your relationship to the juror.

If you are in the U.S. Armed Services or Maryland’s organized militia (a/k/a National Guard), and wish to be excused from jury service, please provide a completed Certification of Military Exemption Form. Please visit:https://www.mdcourts.gov/juryservice to download the form, or you may provide a copy of your military orders along with the completed Juror Qualification Form.

If you are completing the Juror Qualification Form for someone other than yourself, please sign and date the form and indicate your relationship to the juror.

If you have vacation or business travel scheduled during your term, follow the instructions on your summons and complete your Juror Qualification Form online and then you may take advantage of a one-time courtesy rescheduling. Since this is a one-time rescheduling, when selecting your new term, please consider family obligations, work commitments, etc., so that the date you select will be one in which you will be able to serve.

Please note that you will receive a second summons with your new term of service and new group number. Please be sure to complete and return the second Juror Qualification Form or complete it online.
If you are completing the Juror Qualification Form for someone other than yourself, please sign and date the form, and indicate your relationship to the juror.

The laws of Maryland do not provide for excusal from jury service due to employment or childcare/eldercare issues. Childcare and/or eldercare is not provided by the Circuit Court .

Nursing mothers may be excused from jury service if the child is under two (2) years of age. A copy of the child’s birth certificate must be provided along with the completed Juror Qualification Form.

If you have childcare, eldercare or employment issues, you may follow the instructions on your summons to complete your Juror Qualification Form online and then you may take advantage of a one-time courtesy rescheduling. Since this is a one-time rescheduling, when selecting your new term, please consider vacations, family obligations, work commitments, etc., so that the date you select will be one in which you will be able to serve.

Please note that you will receive a second summons with your new term of service and new group number. Please be sure to complete and return the second Juror Qualification Form or complete it online.

If you are completing the Juror Qualification Form for someone other than yourself, please sign and date the Juror Qualification Form, and indicate your relationship to the juror.

If you have a legitimate reason why you cannot serve your assigned term, you may follow the instructions on your summons to complete your Juror Qualification Form online and then you may take advantage of a one-time courtesy rescheduling. Since this is a one-time rescheduling, when selecting your new term, please consider vacations, family obligations, work commitments, etc., so that the date you select will be one in which you will be able to serve.

Please note that you will receive a second summons with your new term of service and new group number. Please be sure to complete and return the second Juror Qualification Form or complete it online. If you are completing the Juror Qualification Form for someone other than yourself, please sign and date the form, and indicate your relationship to the juror.

You should expect a response to your request to be excused in three (3) to four (4) weeks.

Requests to be excused from jury service that are received as late as two (2) weeks prior to your term, may not be addressed before your term begins. Do not assume you have been excused from jury service, it is your responsibility to follow-up with the Jury Office.

Carroll County jurors are randomly selected from the Carroll County Board of Elections voter rolls and the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration’s lists of licensed drivers and identification card holders. No one can volunteer for jury service.

Trial (Petit) Jury Service - In Carroll County, a trial petit juror term of service is five (5) days. You may have to report more than once during your term, and you could be selected to sit on more than one (1) jury during your term. Court usually adjourns daily at 4:30 p.m. but is subject to run late.

Grand Jury Service - In Carroll County, grand jurors usually meet every other Thursday for a period of six (6) months. At orientation grand jurors will be given a schedule of the days they are required to report. The length of a grand juror’s day depends on how many matters the State’s Attorney presents and how long it takes to deliberate.

A grand jury determines whether there is probable cause to indict. Grand juries can also conduct investigations.

A trial (petit) jury listens to evidence in a courtroom and determines guilt or innocence, damages or other matters.

Carroll County takes jury service very seriously. If you fail to appear for jury service, you will be summonsed to appear before the Court and given an opportunity to explain why you did not appear. A person who fails to show good cause is subject to a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment not exceeding sixty (60) days, or both.

Trial (petit) jurors will receive a per diem reimbursement of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for each day of jury service up to five (5) days. On the sixth (6th) day and every consecutive day thereafter, the per diem increases to Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each day served.

Grand jurors will receive a per diem reimbursement of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for each day served.

At this time, your employer is not required to pay you when you report for jury service. However, your employer must allow you to attend jury service without jeopardizing your employment.

It is recommended that you do not park in a metered parking space. Parking directly behind the Courthouse Annex is employee parking only. Please refer to map (Click here).

The courthouse is a secured building and all persons and their personal items will pass through a metal detector and be searched upon entry. No weapons of any kind are permitted on the premises. Please leave any questionable items in your vehicle. You may bring cell phone, lap tops and reading materials with you. Possession and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are limited or prohibited in designated areas of the courthouse.

In the event of an emergency, your family should call the main bailiff desk at 410-386-2654. They should give the bailiff your name and advise the bailiff that you are a juror. The bailiff will then locate you and give you the message.

Proper attire is required. No hats, uniforms, shorts, cut-off jeans, t-shirts with logos, halter tops, tank tops, or pajamas are permitted. You may wish to bring a sweater. Please refrain from using heavily scented perfumes or colognes.