Jury duty in a county I don't live in

[Leros]

I live in Austin TX which is mostly in Travis county. I live 2 blocks outside Travis county in Williamson county. I got a jury duty notice for Travis county which they said is because I still live in "Austin, TX" and that I may also have to perform jury duty in Williamson county. Seems like bullshit to me.

Anyone else have to do deal with this type of scenario?

 

[pcgeek11]

Nope, just you.

I am 60 and have never been called for any type of Jury Duty. I live a special blessed existence.

 

[ElFenix]

call the court clerk and tell them to check the address.

 

[John Connor]

Just tell them you have a prejudece against all citizens except Travis county.

 

[MrColin]

Serve out your duty and acquit the poor soul.

 

[z1ggy]

Just say you're a huge liberal, I'm sure they'll want nothing to do with you.... :awe:

 

[allisolm]

From the Travis County juror info, I'd say you're SOL (if you live inside the Austin City limits.)

https://www.traviscountytx.gov/district-clerk/jury-duty/faq

1.The jury wheel, which is the list of potential jurors, comes from three lists:
All registered voters in Travis County
All registered voters from neighboring counties that reside within Austin city limits
All persons in Travis County with either a Texas driver's license or a Department of Public Safety identification card

2.To serve as a juror you must meet these qualifications:
Be at least 18 years of age
Be a citizen of this state and a resident of the county or city in which you are to serve as a juror (Travis County or the City of Austin)

 

[highland145]

Wife got called for city jury last month. 2 days later, she got a notice for federal jury duty for tomorrow. The federal had a big questioner. One of the questions was what kind of bumper stickers she has on her car. I told her to list everyone that she could think of...NRA, Pro life, Darwin, coexist, the Gadsden flag, PETA.....see what they can make of that.

 

[slag]

Why such the hate for jury duty? Go do it and enjoy it. Its your civic duty and can be very rewarding.

 

[Leros]

Why such the hate for jury duty? Go do it and enjoy it. Its your civic duty and can be very rewarding.

The team I lead is a few weeks from launching a new product and time to market is absolutely critical. If I end up on a few day long jury, it would be really painful and the jury office isn't take work considerations right now.

 

[highland145]

Why such the hate for jury duty? Go do it and enjoy it. Its your civic duty and can be very rewarding.

Would depend on your situation. Bro in law had federal grand jury that was 1 or 2 days a month for a year. His job paid him just the same. I'm self employed and I had county GJ, 1 day/mo, for 2 years. Fortunately it lined up with the days my part time help was in and it was right across the street. I learned we have a crap ton of crime that's not reported on. The wife works ~20 hrs/wk counseling and another ~20 running a non profit. If she doesn't work, she doesn't get paid and the work still piles up or she's working late every night plus some.

I think it's more of an inconvenience than hate but someone's gotta put the crooks away.

 

[unokitty]

Vast majority of cases never go to court... That said, I have been called for jury duty multiple times in Harris County.

Never actually sat for a trial. Multiple times did sit for the better part of a day while judge and lawyers plea bargained.

Then, I had to sit for 20 or 30 more minutes while the distinguished judge explained how fortunate I was to live in their jurisdiction and how proud I should be that they could use me as a pawn while they plea bargained another case...

Arrogance and mendacity within the 'criminal justice' system, I don't particularly object too...

I'd just rather not be part of it...

Uno

 

[SearchMaster]

Nope, just you.

I am 60 and have never been called for any type of Jury Duty. I live a special blessed existence.

I'm 47 and been called 6 times. Fortunately it's been a few years. For a while there it was every 3 years or so but luckily that streak has ended. Thrice I was a regular juror, once the foreman, and twice I never had to go past the first day. All were civil trials.

The first trial was the worst. It was a week long affair filled with incredibly boring testimony. Each side was suing the other for ~$20K but because of offsetting damages, the net judgement was like $42. In addition we were launching a new system at work so I got off jury duty at ~4:30, headed to the office, and worked until 11pm or so to get things straightened out. Then to top it all off, our company policy was that I was paid during my service but had to sign the check from the courts over to them, so that sweet extra $115 ($15 the first day, $25 each additional day) didn't even go into my pocket.

 

[unokitty]

The team I lead is a few weeks from launching a new product and time to market is absolutely critical. If I end up on a few day long jury, it would be really painful and the jury office isn't take work considerations right now.

Just a thought, you might want to check the court's website to see if you can postpone your jury duty.

For example, in Harris County you can postpone up to three times up to 6 weeks each time... And you can do that though their website.

I've done that more than once and it works. (Though, they don't send any follow ups so be sure and write down your new date.)

Best of luck,
Uno

 

[BlitzPuppet]

I've had that happen to me, I just used the website that was on the letter and indicated I no longer lived in county (which counts as an automatic disqualification).

 

[iamwiz82]

Just go and do it. I've been called once and ended sitting on the jury for a murder trial. The entire things was quite fascinating.