Jury Service Information

Have You Received a Juror Questionnaire?

Jurors are randomly selected from voting and driver’s license records of Laramie residents. This list is provided to the Laramie Municipal Court through the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office.

Wyoming State Statute §1-11-104 provides:

“A juror may not be excused for trivial cause or for hardship or inconvenience to his business, but only when material injury or destruction to his property or property entrusted to him is threatened, or when his health or the sickness or death of a member of his family requires his absence. A person may be excused at his request if he is over seventy-two (72) years of age. A person may be excused from jury duty when the care of the person’s young children requires his absence. Any person who has served on a jury shall, upon request, be excused from further jury service in that court for the remainder of that jury term and in the discretion of the court may be excused from jury service for the following jury term.”

All requests for excusal or exemption from jury service are reviewed by the presiding judge and granted or denied in the Judge’s discretion in accordance with the statute.

Automatic Exemptions from Jury Duty

You are automatically exempt if you meet any of the following:

  • You are seventy-two (72) years of age or older

  • You are a salaried member of a police department, fire department, or any county or state law enforcement agency

  • You are an elected public official

  • You reside outside the city limits of Laramie

  • You are a convicted felon

  • You are not a United States citizen

If you want to request an exemption, complete pages 2 and 3 of your Juror Questionnaire. The Judge will review your request and notify you of approval or denial.

Notification & Scheduling

  • You will be notified one week prior if your services as a juror are required.

  • Jury Trials are held Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m. and typically last one day, though they may extend into the evening or the next day.

  • If selected for the year-long term, you must notify the Court if you:

    • Will be out of town for an extended period

    • Permanently relocate outside the city limits of Laramie

Provide written notice via:

  • Email: municourt@cityoflaramie.org

  • Mail, in person, or drop box (for documentation)

  • The Court can also provide a letter excusing you from work or school to serve on the jury.