You are selected randomly by a request that is submitted to the Secretary of State through the computer. This list is compiled from voter registration, driver license and identification cards from the county you live in. This list is reconstituted every year by the Secretary of State. If you have moved and don’t reside in Bosque County it’s important that the jury card is mailed back to, Juanita Miller, District Clerk, the address will be on the card. You will need to also contact the Voter Registrar, Ashley Rupp, 254-435-6650 and Driver License office at 435-2913 to update the information in their system. If you have a family member that is deceased you will need to mail or bring a copy of the death certificate to the Driver’s License office so they can take the name out of their computer system. The Driver’s License Department is the only entity that can remove the name from the system permanently. If this is not done the name will possibly show up again on our list.

1)If you are over 75 years of age 2)You have legal custody of a child or children younger than 12 years of age and service on the jury would required leaving the child or children without adequate supervision 3)You are student at a public or private high school. 4)You are enrolled and in actual attendance at an institution of higher education 5)You are an officer or an employee of the senate, the house of representatives, or any department commission, board office or other agency in the legislative branch of state government. 6)You are the primary caretaker of a person who is an invalid unable to care for himself or herself(this exemption does not apply to you if you are a primary caretaker only in your capacity as a health care worker) 7)You are a member of the United States military forces serving on active duty and deployed to a location away from your home station and out of your county of residence.

1)Be at least 18 years old 2)Be a citizen of the United States 3)Be a citizen of this state and a resident of the county in which you are to serve as a juror 4)Be qualified under the Constitution and laws to vote in the county in which you are to serve as a juror (Note: you do not have to be registered to vote to be qualified to vote); 5)Be of sound mind and good moral character 6)Be able to read and write 7)Not have served as juror for six days during the preceding three months in the county court or during the preceding six months in the district court; 8)Has not been convicted of misdemeanor theft or a felony, and 9) Not be under indictment or other legal accusation for misdemeanor theft or felony

If you cannot serve the week that you have been scheduled for jury duty you are eligible to be rescheduled one time within six months of the date of your original summons. You may obtain a second postponement only in the event of the death of a family member or similar event

Felony cases, Civil and Family

In the 220TH District Court requires 12 jurors. The County Court at Law requires 6 jurors for misdemeanor cases, 12 for Family/Civil. The large group, called a panel, will be in the courtroom were the jurors will be questioned by the attorney’s under the supervision of the judge. The jurors will then be selected from that panel.

Yes, the first day of appearance is $20.00, if selected then its $15.00 for the 1st day, and $58 a day thereafter. You can obtain your excuse from the District Clerk’s Office.

Bosque County Courthouse 2nd floor District Courtroom, 110 S.MAIN Meridian, Texas 76665

The District Clerk’s office has a jury donation form that lists all the non-profit organizations approved by the Commissioner’s Court.

If the person does not have a legal reason or reasonable reason why they did not make it to jury, the Judge imposes a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500. The sheriff’s office will call you to notify you of your absence, but they will not ask you for any sort of payment over the phone. Payments are handled only in the District Clerk’s office, located on the 2nd floor in the courthouse.

There is a designated phone line on the jury card. The juror’s can call a day before to see if its cancelled or not, even if the day before falls on Sunday, still call. The recording will inform you if it’s cancelled. It is also posted on the District Clerk’s County website and District Clerk’s face book page.

We are located in the Courthouse, 110 S.MAIN, Meridian, Texas on the 2nd Floor. There is an elevator on the north side of the courthouse.