Reporting for Jury Duty - Metropolitan Division: Superior Court of California, County of Kern

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Reporting for Jury Duty

Metropolitan Division
1661 L Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Location/Directions, Parking and Contact Information

Information is for jurors who are scheduled to report the week of Monday, 7/21/2008. Please read this entire page carefully.

Weapons: No weapons or sharp articles are allowed in the courts.

Clothing: The following are not accepted:

	Shirts with questionable print/pictures/artwork/designs.	Shorts
	(You may wear plain, unaltered shirts)	Skorts
	Shirts/Blouses that expose abdominal area	Culottes
	Halter tops	Gaucho pants
	Tank tops	Low hung pants
	Flip-flop sandals

Your Responsibilities:

Length of Service: Jury duty in Bakersfield is now a five-day call-in, one-day/one-trial service. Any questions reporting jurors may have regarding the five-day call-in, one-day/one-trial service jury service may be answered during juror orientation.

When to report: You are to either visit this Web site or call the Automated Jury System after 5:30 PM the Friday evening or weekend prior to your jury service date for reporting instructions. If you report when you are not scheduled, you will not be accepted as a juror on that date.

Requests for excuse/postponement:

No request for excuse or postponement will be granted on the first day of service.
When you report for jury duty and turn in your questionnaire form, you are placed in the jury pool for the entire day.
Requests for excuse or postponement are to be done by mail, fax or telephone.

Parking:

Map of Jury Parking

Park only in the juror parking areas outlined in red on the permit. All juror parking areas are located south of the railroad tracks. You may receive a parking citation if:
- You park in other than designated juror parking lots.
- The wheels of your vehicle are outside the painted lines of the parking space
- Any part of your vehicle is over the lines painted on the parking lot.
Allow sufficient time to locate available, all-day parking prior to reporting. Please use the pedestrian underpass at 14th and Chester or the pedestrian overpass south of Rabobank Arena to avoid the train.
Detach the parking permit located below the juror badge on the right side of the summons, place this permit on your dashboard.
Bring the remainder of the summons, including the juror badge and the completed Questionnaire form, when you check in.

View Reporting Dates & Times for Current Week's Jury Groups
Note: This page is updated by 12:00 noon and 5:30 pm every day except court holidays and weekends

Superior Court of California, County of Kern court employees are prohibited from giving legal advice per section 24004 and 68082 of the Government Code. In addition, court employees may not give advice as to which legal forms to use or how to complete the forms.

Last Modified
2/1/2007

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