This page has corrected itself twice on this point, and the second correction partly restores the first answer. A telephone call to the jury office in August produced the answer that the affidavit had been retired, that the county wanted a practitioner’s letter instead, and that no notary was required. Two of those three were true. The letter route is real and it genuinely needs no notary — confirmed again on 11 September 2026. What the August call got wrong was that the form had been retired: it had not. On 10 September 2026 the office answered in writing and attached the form: “The court provides an affidavit for medical excusals. I attached it in this email. It can be downloaded off our website.” The form is dated May 2025 and carries, in capitals, NOTARY PUBLIC (REQUIRED), with the notary’s signature to “include seal.”

What the form actually asks. It is completed by your physician or medical provider, and it states that you are being treated for medical conditions with physical or cognitive limitations. Then one choice, two boxes:

“___ should NOT be required to report for jury duty at this time.”
“___ are permanent and should NOT be required to report for jury duty now or in the future.”

That is the whole of it, plus your name, phone, email and summons date, your provider’s printed name and signature, and the notary block. There is nowhere on this form for you to explain anything, which is why there is nothing here for us to sell you.

The alternative, and the question it leaves open. The office says: “If the juror wants to submit an official letter from their doctor, the letter must be on an official letterhead, written, and signed by the doctor.” Three requirements, and notarization is not among them — but the office did not say a letter avoids the notary, and we are not going to infer it, because inferring exactly that sort of thing is what put the error above on this page. If the notary trip is the obstacle, ask the office directly on (770) 528-1757, option 1.

One more line from the form, easy to miss and worth having: “if you need to postpone your jury service for a medical reason, please contact Jury Administration directly. You will be advised at that time if a verification is necessary.” A medical postponement may need no paperwork at all.

Here's what Los Angeles County, CA actually allows.