Jury Information

If you have been selected to serve as a juror for District Court, your term will last one year, from September 1st to August 31st. Your name was randomly drawn as a juror from a list of registered voters in Yellowstone County.

If you are requesting excusal, please understand that our office is unable to excuse anyone from serving as a juror for the duration of their term. If you need to be excused for your entire term, you will need to contact the office of the judge to whose panel you are assigned.

If you need to be excused for a short period of time, such as for a vacation, we are able to take your name out of the pool for that type of excusal. Please give us a call and we will be more than happy to help you.

If you need to make any changes to your information, such as updating your address or telephone numbers, please contact us right away with that information.

Yellowstone County jurors are paid $12.00 for appearing for jury selection and $25.00 per day for service on a jury panel, in addition to mileage if you live outside Billings. Mileage is paid at the rate of $.36 per mile from your home to the Billings city limits.

Unfortunately, trial times vary a great deal, and frequently, more than one trial is scheduled for a day on which you may be called for service. Because of this, we cannot give you any idea of how long the trial for which you are called may be expected to take. However, the majority of trials that take place in Yellowstone County last less than one week.

If you have any other questions regarding your service as a juror, please give us a call.