How do people get picked for jury duty?
State laws require jurors to be selected randomly from a fair cross-section of the county in which they serve. In
Broward County, you are randomly selected from a Florida Driver License Database of US citizens who are residents of Broward County and are 18 years of age or older. If you’ve been picked, your name was selected based on the information listed on your driver’s license, identification card, or voter registration. This random selection ensures that everyone has an equal opportunity and obligation to serve on jury duty.
Selection of Jurors
To be selected as a juror, you must be at least 18 years of age, possess a valid Florida Driver's License or Identification card, and be a resident of
Sumter County. Juror names are randomly selected from a list provided by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The names of non-driver Florida (Sumter County) residents who wish to voluntarily submit affidavits offering their names for possible use in compiling jury lists also may be included.
Juror Pay
The State Court Administrators Office is responsible for Juror compensation and advances quarterly the funds to pay jurors and witnesses. Jurors who are regularly employed and who continue to receive wages while serving as a juror are not entitled to receive compensation from the state for the first three days of juror service. Jurors who are not regularly employed or who do not continue to receive regular wages while serving as a juror are entitled to receive $15 per day for the first three days of juror service. Each juror who serves more than three days is entitled to be paid by the state for the fourth day of service and each day thereafter at the rate of $30 per day of service. Jurors are not entitled to additional reimbursement by the state for travel or other out-of-pocket expenses. A juror who receives unemployment benefits does not lose such benefits because he receives compensation for juror service. The sheriff, when required by order of the court, shall provide juries with meals and lodging, the expense to be taxed against and paid by the state.
Length of Service
The first day of service is normally limited to jury selection for trials to be held during that trial week. Jurors selected to serve will be required to return on the date(s) of that trial. In Sumter County the Judge's try to select all jurors on the first day and the remaining jurors are excused for the term.
More info at;
Jury Duty - Courts - Sumter County Clerk of the Courts