How to get excused from jury duty in Glynn County, Georgia
The excusal routes Glynn County, Georgia actually recognizes — what each one needs, who decides, and where it goes.
Glynn runs everything through one notarized affidavit, and two things in it are worth reading twice. Jury Management sent both county forms on 10 September 2026. The first: financial hardship is ground 11, and it reads “I have not been previously deferred; I have business/personal hardship as follows.” Read as printed, that closes the hardship route to anybody who has deferred before — and the office says it does not. Asked directly on 11 September 2026 whether a previous deferral rules out a hardship excusal under ground 11, Jury Management answered: “Not if it is approved.” So an approved deferral is not a bar. But the sentence is still printed on an affidavit you swear to, so if you have been deferred, do not simply sign it — call and ask how they want it recorded. The second: the county’s over-70 exemption is real, but it removes your name from the jury list, and the form says in capitals that it “needs to be filled out prior to getting a jury summons.” If the summons is already in your hand, that door has closed for this one. Everything on the affidavit must be notarized, and each ground names its own evidence.
Your routes in Glynn County, Georgia
Age 70 or olderIncluded — but it must be filed BEFORE the summons
Glynn has a real over-70 exemption — it removes your name from the jury list. But the form says in capitals that it must be completed before you receive a summons.
Glynn County over-70 exemption affidavit — Georgia Laws 1985, O.C.G.A. § 15-12-1. This is the first county in this project where being 70 genuinely does the work on its own — and it still is not an excuse. The affidavit asks the Jury Commission to “remove my name from the jury list”, and the foot of the form says, in capitals: “IN ORDER TO AVOID JURY DUTY, THIS FORM NEEDS TO BE FILLED OUT PRIOR TO GETTING A JURY SUMMONS.”
So it is worth doing, and worth doing now rather than when a summons arrives — for yourself, or for a parent. If a summons is already in hand, use the Jury Affidavit instead and let this one prevent the next.
See the full detail →So it is worth doing, and worth doing now rather than when a summons arrives — for yourself, or for a parent. If a summons is already in hand, use the Jury Affidavit instead and let this one prevent the next.
Financial hardshipGround 11 — the open field, and a deferral does not close it
Ground 11 of the county’s Jury Affidavit: your own account of a business or personal hardship, notarized. The ground prints a certification that you have not been deferred before — the office says an approved deferral is not a bar.
Glynn County Jury Affidavit, ground 11 — O.C.G.A. § 15-12-1. Ground 11 is a single sentence doing two jobs: “I have not been previously deferred; I have business/personal hardship as follows.” The hardship ground and the no-prior-deferral certification are the same tick — which is why this looked, on the paper, like a county that makes a deferral and an excusal alternatives.
It is not. Jury Management, asked the question directly by email on 11 September 2026, answered: “Not if it is approved.” The certification is printed absolutely and is not applied absolutely.
The word approved is theirs and is left as they wrote it: it implies some deferrals would not be, and nothing here establishes which. If you deferred and it was granted, that is the case they were describing.
Note also that Glynn is unusual in giving hardship an open field at all: several of the other ten grounds are narrow status questions with prescribed evidence, and this is the only one that asks what happened to you.
It is not. Jury Management, asked the question directly by email on 11 September 2026, answered: “Not if it is approved.” The certification is printed absolutely and is not applied absolutely.
The word approved is theirs and is left as they wrote it: it implies some deferrals would not be, and nothing here establishes which. If you deferred and it was granted, that is the case they were describing.
Note also that Glynn is unusual in giving hardship an open field at all: several of the other ten grounds are narrow status questions with prescribed evidence, and this is the only one that asks what happened to you.
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Prepare your Hardship Affidavit Statement →Medical conditionGround 10 — physician’s excuse, and it can be faxed
Ground 10: physically and/or mentally unable to serve, with a physician’s excuse. The excuse can be faxed even though the affidavit goes by mail.
Glynn County Jury Affidavit, ground 10 — O.C.G.A. § 15-12-1. Ground 10 is four words and a bracket: “I am physically and/or mentally unable to serve as a juror. (Provide physician’s excuse).” There is no specification of any kind — no form, no required fields, no template — so the letter carries the whole weight. Worth knowing: Glynn also requires a physician’s excuse for one of its caregiving grounds, where the person cared for is over six. A single letter may be able to do both jobs if it addresses both.
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Prepare your What Your Doctor Needs to Write →Caring for someone elseIncluded — three separate grounds, not one
Glynn splits caregiving into three: a child six or under, a home study program, and an unpaid carer for someone over six. Each has different evidence, and one needs a physician.
Glynn County Jury Affidavit, grounds 6, 7 and 8. Most counties have one caregiving ground. Glynn has three, and they are not interchangeable. Ground 6 is “primary caregiver of a child 6 years of age or younger with no available alternative childcare”, and adds a condition people miss: “you must be the guardian or have custody of the child.” Ground 7 covers being “the primary teacher in a home study program” with no alternative — an unusual ground, and it wants proof of the program and its calendar. Ground 8 is the primary unpaid carer for anyone over six, and it is the one that needs a physician’s excuse.
See the full detail →Full-time studentIncluded — and it is not a ground everywhere
Ground 5: enrolled, taking classes or exams, with proof of enrollment and the school calendar. Not every county allows this — Los Angeles prints the opposite.
Glynn County Jury Affidavit, ground 5. “I am a full-time student, enrolled, taking classes or exams. (Provide proof of enrollment and school calendar).”
This is worth knowing precisely because it is not universal. The Los Angeles summons states on its face that “full-time student status… do[es] not qualify for excuse” and offers a rescheduled date instead. Same country, same question, opposite answers — which is why a general guide to jury excusals is worth nothing and a county-by-county one is worth something.
See the full detail →This is worth knowing precisely because it is not universal. The Los Angeles summons states on its face that “full-time student status… do[es] not qualify for excuse” and offers a rescheduled date instead. Same country, same question, opposite answers — which is why a general guide to jury excusals is worth nothing and a county-by-county one is worth something.
You may not be qualified, or may be exempt outrightIncluded — five status grounds on the same form
Grounds 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9: no longer resident, felony conviction without restored rights, not a citizen, addressee deceased, or active or reserve military — including a spouse stationed over 50 miles away.
Glynn County Jury Affidavit, grounds 1–4 and 9. Five grounds that are settled by a fact rather than an argument: no longer a resident of Glynn County, with proof; a felony conviction where civil rights have not been restored; not a citizen of the United States; the person summoned is deceased; and active or reserve military duty. That last one is broader than most: it covers “the spouse of active military” where they are stationed more than 50 miles away, with a copy of the military ID. Read this list before writing anything — a status ground with a document attached is faster and more certain than any account of hardship.
See the full detail →Contact the court
Clerk of Superior Court, Glynn County Superior Court — 701 H Street, Brunswick GA 31520 (mail to P.O. Box 1355, Brunswick GA 31521)Jury line: (912) 554-7286
Jury Management: [email protected]. Physician’s excuses can be faxed to (912) 267-5625, but the affidavit itself goes by mail. The over-70 exemption affidavit is addressed to the Glynn County Jury Commission and mailed to the same box.
Jury Management: [email protected]. Physician’s excuses can be faxed to (912) 267-5625, but the affidavit itself goes by mail. The over-70 exemption affidavit is addressed to the Glynn County Jury Commission and mailed to the same box.
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