How to get excused from jury duty in Rockland County, New York
The excusal routes Rockland County, New York actually recognizes — what each one needs, who decides, and where it goes.
Rockland decides hardship on paper — and is the first county in this dataset that will also take it over the telephone. The Commissioner of Jurors told this project by email on 9 September 2026 that a first postponement is granted “with no questions asked”, and that for anything beyond that — further postponements, or any excusal — jurors are “instructed to write, email, or call our office with specifics,” decided case by case. Medical, caregiver and hardship excusals require documentation, and where one is granted it runs 24 months. The office also warns that exceeding three postponements may mean appearing at jury selection to explain yourself to the attorneys or the Judge.
Your routes in Rockland County, New York
Age exemptionUsually automatic
New York recognizes standard age-based accommodations — confirm your specific eligibility.
See the full detail →First postponementFree — no questions asked
Your first postponement is granted without questions. If a different date is all you need, this is the whole answer and it costs nothing.
Commissioner of Jurors, Rockland County — confirmed by email, 9 September 2026. “A juror is entitled to a first-time postponement with no questions asked.” Take it if a later date genuinely solves your problem. If it does not, do not spend your postponements one at a time: the office decides excusals case by case, and a granted excusal keeps you out for 24 months, where repeated postponements eventually put you in front of a judge.
See the full detail →Financial hardshipWritten request, decided case by case
Rockland reads a written request and decides case by case. Documentation is required, and a granted excusal runs 24 months.
NY Judiciary Law § 517(c) / 22 NYCRR § 128.6-a. The Commissioner must consider whether “attendance for jury service in accordance with the summons would cause undue hardship or extreme inconvenience to the applicant, a person under his or her care or supervision, or the public.” The regulation adds a second limb people miss: the application must also show you “will be unable to serve as a juror on a date certain” within the postponement window — which is why an excusal request that reads like a postponement request gets treated as one. A granted excusal runs 24 months, or permanently where the underlying facts are permanent.
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Prepare your Hardship Letter →Medical conditionWritten, with required documentation
A documented condition, decided case by case. Documentation is required, and a granted excusal runs 24 months — or permanently, where the condition is permanent.
NY Judiciary Law § 517(c) / 22 NYCRR § 128.6-a(2). Recognizes a “mental or physical condition that renders him or her incapable of performing jury service.” Where the excusal is granted and the facts are not permanent it runs 24 months; where they are permanent, the excusal is permanent.
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Prepare your What Your Doctor Needs to Write →Contact the court
Office of the Commissioner of Jurors, Rockland County Courthouse, One South Main Street, New City NY 10956Jury line: (845) 483-8400
Email [email protected] — the address is proved by the office’s own reply from it. Requests are decided by the Commissioner of Jurors, so address them to that office rather than to a named person. This office will take an excusal request by letter, by email, or by phone; most counties will not take one by phone at all.
Email [email protected] — the address is proved by the office’s own reply from it. Requests are decided by the Commissioner of Jurors, so address them to that office rather than to a named person. This office will take an excusal request by letter, by email, or by phone; most counties will not take one by phone at all.
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