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Self Employed - Getting out of jury duty?
To begin with, I'm no way biased about jury duty. Willing to serve. But I'm self employed and run a consulting business incorporated. I'm the sole person making money for the company and me primarily and if selected for jury duty i lose several 100's of dollars per day and work contracts. I've several 1000's in debt to pay. If I don't show up , I lose contracts. I got called in for jury duty recently and I sent an excuse mentioning this and they rejected it, saying only a judge can approve it. So I'm not sure if should retain an attorney and explain this properly to the judge or should I do it myself. If so, is it only possible to tell the judge on jury selection day or can I tell the judge before hand (several weeks before jury selection)?
7 Answers
- Harley DriveLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
ask the judge to excuse you, if he doesn't, refuse to serve on the grounds that the justice department and the police do not adequately protect jurors in high profile cases, or turn up with am intellectual book to read and you will not be selected
- ?Lv 45 years ago
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The courts will not accept self-employment as a valid reason to be excused from jury duty. As a citizen, you have to put civic duties ahead of personal considerations.
- Anonymous5 years ago
No it isn't, You can either be a good citizen or you can lie and claim you don't have the time. Most people don't get paid for jury duty at all.
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- Dave87gnLv 79 years ago
I'm in your situation as a self employed do everything at my business guy...you write a simple letter to the court explaining the situation and you get out of it..
did it twice already
- tonalc2Lv 79 years ago
The easiest way to do it: request deferred service to a time when you won't be so busy. You show up, sign in, and wait to see if you're called to a court room. If you aren't, you're free to go.
If you are called to a courtroom, you wait to see if you are called for voir dire (interview). If you aren't, then you're free to go.
If you are called, they'll ask you questions about your ability to serve. That's when you talk about your hardship. The several times I've done service, people have been excused for your situation.
- jeffrey fLv 79 years ago
You can contact the courthouse and plead your case, but a financial hardship is no guarantee that you'll be excused from jury duty.
A lot of other people also find jury duty a financial hardship, but they still do their duty.
