Jury Duty

[ximhkx]

Anybody ever miss jury duty? I just remembered today that I had a jury summons for Wednesday and I'm not sure what to do.

I'm located in NY btw.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Call jury administration, apologize and offer to serve immediately to make up for the day you missed. If you're lucky they'll just take the replacement date and let you skate without a fine. If you ignore it there's going to be a bench warrant out for your arrest and you're going to be in a world of hurt somewhere down the road.

 

[Born2bwire]

PMITAP.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Call jury administration, apologize and offer to serve immediately to make up for the day you missed. If you're lucky they'll just take the replacement date and let you skate without a fine. If you ignore it there's going to be a bench warrant out for your arrest and you're going to be in a world of hurt somewhere down the road.

There *may* be a benchwarrant. Jury duty enforcement happens semi-randomly, not every person who doesnt show automatically gets a warrant. But yet, call the court and tell them you forgot, they should let you reschedule.

 

[SearchMaster]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Call jury administration, apologize and offer to serve immediately to make up for the day you missed. If you're lucky they'll just take the replacement date and let you skate without a fine. If you ignore it there's going to be a bench warrant out for your arrest and you're going to be in a world of hurt somewhere down the road.

There *may* be a benchwarrant. Jury duty enforcement happens semi-randomly, not every person who doesnt show automatically gets a warrant. But yet, call the court and tell them you forgot, they should let you reschedule.

It depends on the judge. I've seen judges that will issue warrants for every person that doesn't show. But if you call you should be fine.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: ximhkx
Anybody ever miss jury duty? I just remembered today that I had a jury summons for Wednesday and I'm not sure what to do.

I'm located in NY btw.

you are going to get another summons that says you missed your date and you have to call the administrator. S/he will give you another date. Dont miss that one.

 

[ximhkx]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm gonna call the office tomorrow morning to see if I could reschedule.

 

[Phokus]

Funny thing... i had jury duty a couple weeks ago but because i moved to another district in the same state, they cancelled my jury duty when i called in to tell them about it. They didn't even verify it, just took me at my word (i really did move though). I wonder if you could just say you moved to another part of the state? 😉

 

[Pocatello]

Just got a reminder that I could be selected for jury duty in April 🙁.

 

[marvdmartian]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Call jury administration, apologize and offer to serve immediately to make up for the day you missed. If you're lucky they'll just take the replacement date and let you skate without a fine. If you ignore it there's going to be a bench warrant out for your arrest and you're going to be in a world of hurt somewhere down the road.

There *may* be a benchwarrant. Jury duty enforcement happens semi-randomly, not every person who doesnt show automatically gets a warrant. But yet, call the court and tell them you forgot, they should let you reschedule.

Maybe in California, but here in Texas, the clerk will try calling you a couple times, at whatever phone number(s) you provided in your jury information card (you get this when you're summoned, and send it back to them with your info, which tells them also that you're acknowledging your summons to jury duty). If they can't get ahold of you, the judge will send a sheriff's deputy out to your home & work. If they find you, you get to visit the judge.......in handcuffs! .....and explain your absence. Yeah, they don't screw around down here, and consider jury duty to be a civil duty you have to take seriously.

What's almost as much fun, is to watch people come up with an excuse to get out of jury duty. Believe me, if you have a good one, you're excused. But people come up with some pretty lame excuses, and get shot down pretty easily! :laugh:

 

[ximhkx]

I just got off the phone with the clerk over at the administration office and she said that I could reschedule. She didn't punish me or yell at me or anything :laugh: