How to get excused from jury duty in Jefferson County, Missouri
The excusal routes Jefferson County, Missouri actually recognizes — what each one needs, who decides, and where it goes.
Answered by the Jefferson County Circuit Court on 25 September 2026 — and it settles the question this page used to ask you to go and find out. Jefferson decides financial hardship in advance, on a written request: you write it, the office forwards it to the judge, and it is usually granted or denied before you come in — not at jury selection. Include your nine-digit jury ID number; the office needs it before the request goes to the judge, who decides under the statutes he must follow. There is no form, and the office sends you written notice of whether you have been excused or denied. A medical excusal needs a note from your physician stating it is not advisable for you to serve, and why. At 75 or older you can be excused without a doctor’s note. An excusal lasts the term — which the office said is generally about two years.
Your routes in Jefferson County, Missouri
PostponementIncluded — one, and you are told the outcome
One postponement is accepted, and the office sends you written notice of the decision. Further postponements take more documentation.
Jefferson County Circuit Court, 23rd Judicial Circuit — by email, 25 September 2026. The office’s words: “We accept 1 postponement. You will get something from me saying if you have been excused or denied.” On further ones: “they kind of have to jump through some hoops as far as obtaining documents and such.”
This is the lowest-friction path here, and you are told the outcome — you do not have to chase it.
See the full detail →This is the lowest-friction path here, and you are told the outcome — you do not have to chase it.
Age 75 or olderIncluded — 75+, no doctor’s note
At 75 or older you can be excused without a doctor’s note.
Jefferson County Circuit Court, 23rd Judicial Circuit — by email, 25 September 2026. The office’s words: “75 up can get out of jury duty without a dr. note,” and, on how long an excusal lasts: “it lasts that term. Generally 2 years.”
The age is 75 here, not 70. Missouri counties in this project have answered this differently — one uses 70 — so it is set from Jefferson’s own reply. And it is on request: ignoring a summons is not the same as being excused.
See the full detail →The age is 75 here, not 70. Missouri counties in this project have answered this differently — one uses 70 — so it is set from Jefferson’s own reply. And it is on request: ignoring a summons is not the same as being excused.
Financial hardshipYou write it, decided before your date
You write the request; the office forwards it to the judge, who decides it before your report date under the statutes. Include your nine-digit jury ID. You receive written notice of the decision.
Jefferson County Circuit Court, 23rd Judicial Circuit — by email, 25 September 2026. Asked how financial hardship is handled, the office answered: “A request is usually granted or denied prior to coming in.” It said the juror writes the request, that there is no form, and that it needs the juror’s nine-digit jury ID number before sending the request to the judge, who “has statutes he has to follow.” You are sent written notice of the outcome.
This is a written request decided in advance — the letter is the document, and getting it clear and complete before your date is the whole of the work.
This is a written request decided in advance — the letter is the document, and getting it clear and complete before your date is the whole of the work.
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Prepare your Hardship Letter →Medical conditionYour physician’s note — what it must say
A note from your physician stating that it is not advisable for you to serve, and why. There is no form.
Jefferson County Circuit Court, 23rd Judicial Circuit — by email, 25 September 2026. The office’s words: a medical excusal rests on a “doctor note from physician saying it is not advisable for you to serve and why.” There is no form.
This is one of the few counties that named what the note must contain — the physician states that service is not advisable, and the reason. Nothing more is asked for.
This is one of the few counties that named what the note must contain — the physician states that service is not advisable, and the reason. Nothing more is asked for.
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Prepare your What Your Doctor Needs to Write →Contact the court
Jefferson County Circuit Court (23rd Judicial Circuit), Circuit Clerk — 300 Main Street, Hillsboro, MO 63050Jury line: (636) 797-5443
Financial hardship is decided in advance on a written request forwarded to the judge; include your nine-digit jury ID. Requests go to [email protected]. Summons line (636) 797-6069. Confirmed 25 September 2026.
Financial hardship is decided in advance on a written request forwarded to the judge; include your nine-digit jury ID. Requests go to [email protected]. Summons line (636) 797-6069. Confirmed 25 September 2026.
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