Jury Service
Your employment is protected under C.R.S. 13-71-134. Under this statute an employer shall not threaten, coerce or discharge an employee for reporting for jury service as summoned. Work is not an excuse from service.
Pursuant to C.R.S 13-71-105
(1) Any person who is a United States citizen and resides in a county or lives in such county more than fifty percent of the time, whether or not registered to vote, shall be qualified to serve as a trial or grand juror in such county. Citizenship and residency status on the date that the jury service is to be performed shall control.
Pursuant to C.R.S 18-8-612: Failure to obey a juror summons:
(1) A juror commits failure to obey a juror summons if he receives a summons to serve as a trial or grand juror as provided in section 13-71-110, C.R.S., and knowingly fails to obey the summons without justifiable excuse.
(2) Failure to obey a juror summons is a class 3 misdemeanor.