To sign up Jury SMS text messages, please text your badge number to 925-369-5984 and follow the prompts. After you check in, jury staff will also instruct you to fill out a Voir Dire Questionnaire.Learn about the basic elements of a jury trial. You will be required to make only one appearance in court for jury selections held that day, or serve for one trial (jury selection may take more than one day). It's a simple form on the back. Having lived over 10 years in California I was finally selected for jury duty at the Martinez Superior Court in Contra Costa last week. File and serve your court papers on time. Once your court forms are complete, you must file 1 original and 2 copies of the forms at court. Winning Courtroom Artist. A motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication must be heard at least thirty (30) days before trial, unless the court orders otherwise.