I need Jury Duty Help

[Kdsosso 0]

I know this is my Civic Duty, so please do not "flame me".

What will happen if I just don't show up? and I call to re-schedule on the date I'm supposed to show?

It's a long story, however I really can't make it tomorrow and I'd like to due my duty another time though.

[tdog 0]

I had jury duty the day before an out of town trip...

I called the jury duty office and said, "I have had this customer booked for 9 months, here is a copy of my airline ticket with a purchase date before the notice. I would like to reschedule."

They told me: "Just show up. Under the rare chance you are picked, tell the judge what you just told me, and you will be excused..."

How screwed up is that? Waste my time when I offer to do it right...

Anyway, what does your jury notice say? I think the rules are different for every county/state/federal court... Our county court has a 24 hour voicemail box and e-mail...

[squirrel 0]

have you actually been called? or are you on the selection list. if notified by mail, i throw them away...


but then i got notified over and over, i called in, and i was deselected.

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[gemini 0]

I wouldn't throw the summons away or not show up. Since it is to late to call to reschedule, I would go and tell the judge you want to reschedule. He doesn't have to let you off, but usually he will.

In some counties, a warrant can be issued for a non-appearance especially if they have a heavy case load and run short of jurors. In Houston one year, they didn't have enough show up and the deputies went down on the street and grabbed whoever they could find. That would really suck!

Blue skies,

Jim

[headoverheels 334]

Hmmm... get Dr. to write you a note.

[Kdsosso 0]

I got a notice to appear in the mail for today. Last night I called in to the recording and they said I was on "stand-by" for 48 hours and to check on the recording tonight. I checked and they are asking me report at 8AM Tomorrow.....problem is that I can show up at 8AM, but I really need to be at an important appointment at 11AM......

I just didn't realize they could extend my service time (it does say it in small print)...

So I need some good illness or something to tell them I have to get them to let me off...any ideas.
P.S.
(Hi Jim!)

[squirrel 0]

check the verbage regarding "significant loss of income" or "out of the area"

i worked on the road, would get notified, and simply call from my hotel in another state...worked, plus...it was honest.

and by the way, if it was not delivery confirmed, you never recieved it. know what i mean. yeah yeah, they can issue a warrent, but hey...prove it to me that i got it in the mail, thats what i said, and the judege said..."your dismissed."

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[bodypilot1 0]

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I know this is my Civic Duty, so please do not "flame me".

What will happen if I just don't show up? and I call to re-schedule on the date I'm supposed to show?

It's a long story, however I really can't make it tomorrow and I'd like to due my duty another time though.

You'll look good in black and white stripes cleaning Civic Doody.


Be safe
Ed

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[squirrel 0]

tell them your pregnant...and have morning sickness.

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[indyz 1]

How far in advance do you guys get notice? I've been called twice in the last 2 years and I've never had less than 2 months notice.

Just my luck, I got jury duty the day that a client wanted me to start a short-term contract job. The contract was time-sensitive so I had to decline the offer. Lost a boatload of cash and possible future work on that one. But I did get selected for a trial, so that was cool.

[Kdsosso 0]

I got mine way in advance, so it's my own fault by not reading the small print about being on "stand by" for 2 days after your "date to appear".

I'm just an idiot looking for some advice

[ltdiver 3]

1) In California they no longer accept the "Financial Hardship" excuse. Believe me, not only me but several of my co-workers -used- to use it...tried it last year (2005) and they didn't accept it from any of us.

2) You -can- reschedule. I have a co-worker who was out of the country for 8 months. She got back and found the notice just the day before her appearence date. She called and got excused. They rescheduled...she found she could not make that one either....so she called again...and was re-scheduled yet again. No problem.

DO NOT throw your notice away. It -will- go on your record and they -do- reserve the right to arrest you (plus fines).

Jury duty isn't really any big deal. I've gone several times. They always find a way to excuse me from service. :^) Perhaps it's my honest face!

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[mx757 4]

Gee.. I feel Sorry for the defendant.. putting his fate in the hands of a person not smart enough to get out of jury duty...

[skymedic 0]

If you blow it off you have a good chance of going to jail. Many states are getting very tough about this stuff. Warrants are regularly issued here in MO and also in IL. When I was in FL they'd hunt you down and serve these warrants when you least expected it. I know it's probably too late now...but you should really just go.

Marc
otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

[AlexCrowley 0]

Show up. Twitch and giggle a lot. You'll be home before lunch.

I've found this is the best way to deal with officials.

Hope that helps!

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[BillyVance 35]

This is one of those things that I do not have to concern myself with, although it would be nice to be called upon. But due to my deafness handicap, I cannot be used for jury duty.

Don't you now wish you were deaf?

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[mnealtx 0]

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If you blow it off you have a good chance of going to jail.

It's that way in Texas now... they issued a bench warrant and I had to call and explain that I was overseas...

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
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[gjhdiver 0]

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I know this is my Civic Duty, so please do not "flame me".

What will happen if I just don't show up? and I call to re-schedule on the date I'm supposed to show?

It's a long story, however I really can't make it tomorrow and I'd like to due my duty another time though.

Throw the letter away. If anyone asks, you never received it.

[BillyVance 35]

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I know this is my Civic Duty, so please do not "flame me".

What will happen if I just don't show up? and I call to re-schedule on the date I'm supposed to show?

It's a long story, however I really can't make it tomorrow and I'd like to due my duty another time though.

Throw the letter away. If anyone asks, you never received it.

If the letter arrives via registered mail or something that requires a signature, you're fucked, unless you have a legitimate reason to be excused.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[wmw999 2,589]

If you just don't show up, and then call, way apologetic, about 2:00PM, they might reschedule you. It'll definitely be too late for you to make it in by then, and they won't have processed a warrant yet most likely. Think of some lame reason (your kid got sick and you took care of them and just plain forgot) etc.

It worked for me once. Of course, I really did just forget (I wasn't employed at the time, so there was absolutely nothing standing in my way).

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[Shawndiver 0]

If they lock you up, can I have your ticket to Thailand?

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[uponone 0]

I live in Cali and I've thrown all mine away for the last 5 years. If you didn't sign for it you didn't receive it, simple as that.

[JohnRich 4]

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I live in Cali and I've thrown all mine away for the last 5 years. If you didn't sign for it you didn't receive it, simple as that.

Thank you for your strong sense of civic responsibility.

[hexadecimal 0]

Keep rescheduling... and when they tell you that you can't reschedule again, scream at them and insult them for as long as it takes for them to let you reschedule again. Also let them know that you'll do whatever it takes to make the lawyers and judges jobs more difficult for wasting your time.

This is the method I used a few years ago, and I think they finally got the picture... because I haven't heard from them since

[hexadecimal 0]

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Thank you for your strong sense of civic responsibility.

I pay taxes... that's enough.

I have a job. I'm not going to miss a day of work to fulfill some "duty" I apparently have to work for the government even though they already steal a disgusting amount of money from me every year. Lawyers and judges get paid to be there, I don't. If they want me to be there that badly, they can pay me the equivalent of my salary at work to do it... otherwise they can go fuck themselves.