The NYS Unified Court System would like to assure you that your health and safety remain a top priority for us as we resume essential court operations, including jury service.

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What to Expect When You Appear:

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• Regular cleaning of court facilities with enhanced cleaning of commonly used areas

• Limited people in courthouse

• Mandatory use of face masks by court personnel and court visitors

  • Please bring your own mask/face covering. 

  • All visitors - including jurors, parties, attorneys, witnesses, spectators, law enforcement officers, prisoners, venders and all other non-court system employees - will be required to submit to temperature screening and questioning upon entering the courthouse. Uniformed officers will use touchless infrared thermometers and will ask a series of questions

• Plexiglass barriers may be present at various locations (i.e. magnetometers, x-ray machines, assembly room desks)

• Indicators, like blue tape, may be present in public areas to ensure physical distance of at least 6 feet (to meet social distancing standards)

• Hand sanitizer bottles and wall mounted dispensers are available to staff and court visitors

• We will have staggered reporting times for the safety of the public and court staff and court will be held in larger rooms for proper social distancing

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Please note the following:  

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• Commissioner of Jurors will continue to provide jurors with public wi-fi.

• Bring your own pen/pencil and take it with you when you leave.

• Bring your own books/magazines/electronic devices and chargers.

• Jurors may bring their own resealable beverage and snack or food that does not require refrigeration or microwave.

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The following persons are not permitted entry into a court facility:

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     Those who are currently experiencing flu-like symptoms; or

     Those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last 30 days; or

     Those who have been directed to quarantine or self-monitor for COVID-19 by a medical authority or employer; or

     Those who are a caregiver for or have had close contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19 during the past 30 days.

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Any juror who falls into any one of these categories will be directed to call or email the jury Commissioner in the county where summoned to discuss rescheduling jury service.

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