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Master Juror List Information for City & Town Clerks

Learn about city and town requirements and legal obligations for submitting information for use in creating the Master Juror Lists.

By law, the 351 cities and towns of Massachusetts must submit a list of all residents 17 and older to the Office of Jury Commissioner (OJC) every year. The lists submitted are used to create Master Juror Lists. Massachusetts is the only state in the country to have a mandatory annual municipal census, and as a result, is widely believed to have the best, most complete, and most representative Master Juror List in the nation. Learn about the legal obligations for city and town clerks to submit lists to help create Master Juror Lists for each judicial district in the state.

Submitting numbered resident lists and files

Learn how to submit Numbered Resident Lists & Files  Requirements for submitting Numbered Resident Lists & Files 

Additional resources

Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 234A  Regulation 2: Specifications of Numbered Resident File 

Contact Information

Address

Street Address
560 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02118
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Mailing Address
560 Harrison Ave., Suite 600, Boston, MA 02118
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Phone

Juror helpline (toll-free in Massachusetts) Call Office of Jury Commissioner, Juror helpline (toll-free in Massachusetts) at (800) 843-5879 (THE-JURY)

Monday-Friday 9 am - 4:30 pm

Delinquent jurors Call Office of Jury Commissioner, Delinquent jurors at (877) 966-7469
From outside Massachusetts Call Office of Jury Commissioner, From outside Massachusetts at (617) 338-6409

Online

Email Office of Jury Commissioner at jurorhelp@jud.state.ma.us

Fax

(617) 422-5869

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