Send these requests (see links to sample letters below) either by snail mail, email or online form, as it may vary from location to location.
County – Click HERE for sample letter as *.doc. Send the county letter to the County Vicinage NJ Superior Court for your county: https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/vicinages
District – Click HERE for sample letter as *.doc. Send the district letter to the appropriate US District Court location listed here: https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/ (Find the right court using Federal Court Finder.)
Additional Information:
The NJ Courts: A Guide To The Judicial Process
NJ Courts: Superior Court Clerk’s Office
NJ Courts: Jury Management Office Contact List
40A:9-68. Duties of county clerk for the courts
40A:9-68. The county clerk shall perform for the Superior Court the duties pertaining thereto in their respective counties as prescribed by law and applicable to the Supreme Court rules for the administration of the courts.
The county clerk, either in person or by deputy, shall attend the sessions of the Superior Court held in the county and keep the minutes of the proceedings of said courts. The clerk and his deputy shall be under the supervision of the assignment judge of the Superior Court for the county. The minutes of said courts shall be open to the public at all proper and reasonable hours.
L.1971, c.200, s.1; amended 1991,c.91,s.395.
2B:23-2. Selection of trial jury from panel
a. When a jury is required for trial, the names or identifying numbers of the jurors who constitute the panel or panels from which the jury is to be selected shall be placed on uniform pieces of paper or other uniform markers. The markers shall be deposited in a box.
b. The box containing the markers shall be shaken so as to mix the markers thoroughly and the officer designated by the court shall, at the direction of the court, publicly in open court, draw the markers from the box, one at a time, until the necessary number of persons is randomly selected. If any of the persons so selected is successfully challenged or excused from serving on that jury, the drawing shall be continued until the necessary number of persons is selected.
c. The Assignment Judge of the county may provide for the random selection of jurors for impaneling by the use of electronic or electro-mechanical devices, if:
(1) the method of random selection is specified with particularity in an order of the Assignment Judge; and
(2) the specification of the method and any programs and procedures used to implement the method, including the relevant computer programs or portions of computer programs which are utilized, are available for public inspection upon request.
Source: 2A:74-1; 2A:74-8
L.1995,c.44,s.1.