US Jury Duty related queries

ycl1688 · Post by **ycl1688** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:18 am

ever been called for jury duty, what if the court is a long distance
can you have choice to closer location ?

JaiSriRam · Post by **JaiSriRam** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:37 am

ycl1688;25853ever been called for jury duty, what if the court is a long distance
can you have choice to closer location ?

What do you mean long distance, You will get the Jury Duty summons from your local county only

Concept2Reality · Post by **Concept2Reality** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:02 am

#2 is correct. You have to live in the same county. I have served as jury member earlier this year and they specifically ask you which county you live in.

C2R

Desi_by_Nature · Post by **Desi_by_Nature** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:02 am

Also if you are not a US citizen (not sure about perm residents) you are not eligible for jury duty. If that is so, call them and have them take you off their list.

ycl1688 · Post by **ycl1688** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:43 pm

in chicago there are more courts in a county.

if you are assigned to a court in the same county chances are 35 miles away.
what i mean is asked for closer court house.

abuSibu · Post by **abuSibu** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:42 pm

Desi_by_Nature;25881Also if you are not a US citizen (not sure about perm residents) you are not eligible for jury duty. If that is so, call them and have them take you off their list.

Only USCs are eligible for jury duty.

r2i_soon · Post by **r2i_soon** » Fri May 25, 2007 8:34 pm

Only USCs are eligible. the I guess you need to submit the proof of your status

sftrade · Post by **sftrade** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:19 pm

If a USC leaves the country for an extended period of time, does he/she have to inform the courts to excuse them ?

r2iby2007 · Post by **r2iby2007** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:11 pm

Friends,

I am called for Jury duty. I have the option to push it by 10 months. Since I may R2I within few months, I am curious whether any of you still receive jury duty notices after R2I?

Thank you

SSPS

nand · Post by **nand** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:53 am

if you are USC you are obligated to perform jury duty, otherwise not. you can jury selection and mention that you are intending to relocate abroad. maybe they will not select you that case.