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Press release from the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury:

The Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt is requesting that the public submit more applications for the 2025/2026 Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury (term of July 1st -June 30th). To date we have not received enough applications to proceed with our normal member selection process and timeline.

The primary work of the Civil Grand Jury is to investigate and review citizen complaints concerning the operations of city and county government, as well as other tax supported and non-profit agencies The Humboldt Superior Court empanels 19 citizens to act as an independent body of the judicial system each fiscal year. The Court accepts applications from citizens representing a broad cross-section of the Humboldt County community. The Civil Grand Jury is currently meeting in-person one day a week and via Zoom one day a week (their weekly meeting schedule and time commitment may vary from 10-30 hours).

The civil grand jury does not consider criminal indictments.

To learn more about the application process, please visit the Court’s web site: https://www.humboldt.courts.ca.gov/general-information/jury-services/civil-grand-jury.

The application can be found by using the QR code or it can be filled out and submitted at: https://cty-lf-web.co.humboldt.ca.us/Forms/grandjuryapps. Eligibility requirements can be found on the first page of the application.

You may complete a paper application at Jury Services in Room G03 (4th Street entrance of the Courthouse).

Thank you for your interest in your community!