HRS §612-20
How to ask to be excused from jury duty
If you get a jury summons but believe you are exempt or should be excused, you can ask the judge directly, even if you did not ask before. You can give your request to the clerk or bailiff, who will pass it to the judge. If the judge accepts it, you do not have to show up.
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The statute, as written — Requests for exemption or excuse
If a person who is exempt or who believes oneself to be entitled to be excused from jury duty, is summoned as a juror, even though the person did not request exemption or excuse previously, or was not exempted or excused by the clerk, the person may make the person's request for exemption or excuse to the judge of the court for which the person is summoned. The request may be made to the clerk or bailiff, who shall deliver it to the judge and, if sufficient in substance, it shall be received as an excuse for nonattendance in person.
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