§ 218-35. Exemption from jury duty.

Every person claiming to be exempt from jury duty shall annually, on or before December 31 of each year, file with the clerk of the circuit court an affidavit claiming exemption from jury duty and stating the grounds therefor, which affidavit shall be filed by the clerk and transmitted promptly to the jury commissioners. If any person claiming any such exemption shall fail or refuse to file such affidavit or exemption from jury duty within the time stated above, he shall not be entitled to have the privilege of exemption from jury duty during the calendar year succeeding that during which he was required to file his affidavit of exemption as aforesaid. In preparing the jury list, the jury commissioners shall examine all written claims of exemption from jury duty which were filed on or before the preceding December 31 and shall omit from such jury list the names of all persons who shall be entitled to exemption from jury duty and who have filed such written claims of exemption within the time stated hereinabove. If any claim of exemption from jury duty shall be disallowed by the jury commissioners, the person claiming exemption, having filed his written claim therefor as aforesaid, may renew his claim of exemption in any court in which he may be summoned as a juror.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 61-1905, § 5)

State law reference

Persons excused or disqualified from jury duty, F.S. § 40.013.