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L.A. County jury summons valid even if name/address is misspelled?
My down-the-street neighbor(age 22) got his very first L.A. County jury summons last week...he said that his whole name was misspelled, as was his address(even the WRONG house number!)...he promptly threw it away...I told him that the L.A. County Jury Commsssioner will send the Sheriff's Department after him in THREE weeks if he DOESN'T respond, and he said "so what???"...
Big mistake?...or should he have to "register" by phone and report to court?
What should I tell him?
I hope you don't live in L.A. County...because now I have to call the sheriff on my neighbor and have him arrested for "faliure to perform jury service"...in CA, it's either serve on a jury, or pay a $1500 fine PLUS serve on a jury for a month...I'm surprised that NO state will refuse to issue you a ID card or driver's license for "failure to perform jury service" in your previous state.county/city...
2 Answers
- pauline mLv 410 years agoFavorite Answer
Like HELL it is!...he's only 22...what's the sheriff gonna do, send the SWAT team after him?...if the name's misspelled, and the address is incorrect(even if the same street), then the summons is officially INVALID!...Don't you get it?
As for that rule of NOT issuing a CA driver's license after moving from(example) Nevada, just because you didn't serve jury duty in Las Vegas or Reno, that's just as stupid!
- jeffrey fLv 710 years ago
A jury summons is valid, even if there is a mistake with the name and/or address. Your neighbor must follow the instructions on the jury summons.