How to get excused from jury duty in Richmond County, New York
The excusal routes Richmond County, New York actually recognizes — what each one needs, who decides, and where it goes.
An emailed hardship request here goes to people who cannot grant it. The jury office told this project by phone on 10 September 2026 that a juror may email documentation — tax returns if self-employed, or whatever they have — but that such requests are “not typically excused because the people who receive those in the email do not have the power to grant excusals.” What actually happens is that you bring your information on the day and speak to the judge or the attorneys who are there. Two things that are simpler than they look. If you receive Social Security disability, you just show the disability paperwork — no doctor, no letter. And any other medical excusal needs a physician’s note on the physician’s letterhead, explaining the condition and the timing — note that this county does want the condition named, where others in this project expressly do not.
Your routes in Richmond County, New York
Age exemptionUsually automatic
New York recognizes standard age-based accommodations — confirm your specific eligibility.
See the full detail →PostponementIncluded — one, no questions asked
One postponement, granted without questions, moving you between two and six months out.
Jury office, Richmond County — by phone, 10 September 2026. The office states that a juror is allowed one postponement, with no questions asked, of between two and six months.
Two to six months is a wide window, and it is yours to use. If a different part of the year would solve your problem, this is the entire answer and nothing else on this page applies to you.
It is granted on the asking, so there is nothing to write and nothing here for us to sell you. Phone and ask.
See the full detail →Two to six months is a wide window, and it is yours to use. If a different part of the year would solve your problem, this is the entire answer and nothing else on this page applies to you.
It is granted on the asking, so there is nothing to write and nothing here for us to sell you. Phone and ask.
Social Security disabilityIncluded — if you already have the paperwork
If you receive Social Security disability, you show the disability paperwork. No doctor, no letter, no appointment.
Jury office, Richmond County — by phone, 10 September 2026. The office states that if a juror is on Social Security disability, they just show their disability paperwork.
This is the shortest route on the page and the easiest to miss, because it is not what anyone expects a medical excusal to look like. There is no appointment to make, nothing for a doctor to write, and nothing to explain about your health — the benefit award is itself the evidence.
There is nothing for us to sell you here, and there should not be: you are being asked for a document that is already in your possession.
See the full detail →This is the shortest route on the page and the easiest to miss, because it is not what anyone expects a medical excusal to look like. There is no appointment to make, nothing for a doctor to write, and nothing to explain about your health — the benefit award is itself the evidence.
There is nothing for us to sell you here, and there should not be: you are being asked for a document that is already in your possession.
Financial hardshipEmail reaches people who cannot grant it — the judge hears it on the day
You can email documentation, but the office says those requests are not typically excused because the staff who receive them have no power to grant an excusal. What works is presenting it on the day to the judge or the attorneys.
Jury office, Richmond County — by phone, 10 September 2026. The office states that a juror can apply for a hardship exemption by emailing documentation such as tax returns if self-employed, or whatever they have — but that those are not typically excused, because the people who receive them by email do not have the power to grant excusals. What typically happens is that the juror presents the information when they appear, and speaks to the judge or the attorneys who are there.
That is a statement about authority, and it is the clearest one any county has given this project. It is not that a letter is refused. It is that a letter arrives somewhere nobody can act on it — which is worse than a refusal, because you would never find out.
So this page no longer sells a hardship letter for Richmond. What is worth preparing is what you will say in the room, and what you will have in your hand when you say it.
That is a statement about authority, and it is the clearest one any county has given this project. It is not that a letter is refused. It is that a letter arrives somewhere nobody can act on it — which is worse than a refusal, because you would never find out.
So this page no longer sells a hardship letter for Richmond. What is worth preparing is what you will say in the room, and what you will have in your hand when you say it.
$14.97 · prepared for you, reviewed before you send it.
Prepare your Talking Points for Judge →Medical conditionA physician’s note — on letterhead, and this county DOES want the condition named
A note from your physician, on the physician’s letterhead, explaining the condition and the timing. Three requirements, and the county names all three.
Jury office, Richmond County — by phone, 10 September 2026. The office states that where a juror is not on Social Security disability, a medical excusal needs a physician’s note on the physician’s letterhead, explaining the condition and the timing.
Read that against what other counties in this project have said, because it is the opposite. Three of them have stated in their own words that they want no diagnosis, no records and no clinical detail at all — one will not accept a letter that names the condition. Richmond asks for the condition to be explained.
That is the reason this entry costs anything. Not because a letter is hard to write, but because a practice asked for “a note for jury duty” has no way of knowing which kind of county it is writing to — and the two requirements are mutually exclusive. Here, three things: letterhead, the condition, the timing.
And before any of it: if you receive Social Security disability, you do not need a note at all.
Read that against what other counties in this project have said, because it is the opposite. Three of them have stated in their own words that they want no diagnosis, no records and no clinical detail at all — one will not accept a letter that names the condition. Richmond asks for the condition to be explained.
That is the reason this entry costs anything. Not because a letter is hard to write, but because a practice asked for “a note for jury duty” has no way of knowing which kind of county it is writing to — and the two requirements are mutually exclusive. Here, three things: letterhead, the condition, the timing.
And before any of it: if you receive Social Security disability, you do not need a note at all.
$9.97 · prepared for you, reviewed before you send it.
Prepare your What Your Doctor Needs to Write →Contact the court
Jury Office, Richmond County (Staten Island) — County Clerk, 130 Stuyvesant Place, 2nd Floor, Staten Island NY 10301Jury line: (718) 675-8990
Dial (718) 675-8990 and choose option 6, Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm — that is the number and the hours the county asks jurors to use, and the line that answered this project’s questions on 10 September 2026. Two other numbers circulate: (718) 390-5396 was previously listed here as the jury office, and (718) 675-7700 is the County Clerk switchboard, where you would need to ask for the Commissioner of Jurors. Use the first one.
Dial (718) 675-8990 and choose option 6, Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm — that is the number and the hours the county asks jurors to use, and the line that answered this project’s questions on 10 September 2026. Two other numbers circulate: (718) 390-5396 was previously listed here as the jury office, and (718) 675-7700 is the County Clerk switchboard, where you would need to ask for the Commissioner of Jurors. Use the first one.
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