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<blockquote data-quote="txag" data-source="post: 99111" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>jury duty is not a choice. if you receive a summons for jury duty, you are required to appear. if you do not, you can be held in contempt and fined. employers (in Texas) are not required to pay your salary for missed work but cannot (by law) fire you for missing work to serve. after you appear at the courthouse, you can ask to be exempted from duty. being a student is an eligible exemption so you're not likely to see students. jury pools are drawn from drivers' license registrations (it was previously registered voters) & is random. </p><p></p><p>i've been called several times but was far enough down the list to not be picked. many people there requested exemptions and most were denied. </p><p></p><p>here is a list of exemptions:</p><p></p><p>§ Are over 70 years of age (You may also request a permanent age 70 exemption.); </p><p></p><p>§ Have legal custody of a child younger than 10 years of age and the person's service on the jury requires leaving the child without adequate supervision; </p><p></p><p>§ Are a student of a public or private secondary school; </p><p></p><p>§ Are a person enrolled and in actual attendance at an institution of higher education; </p><p></p><p>§ Are an officer or an employee of the senate, house of representatives, or any department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the legislative branch of government; </p><p></p><p>§ Have served as a petit juror in the county during the 24-month period preceding the date you are required to appear for this summons. (Applies only to counties with a population of at least 200,000 unless the county uses a jury plan under </p><p></p><p>§ 62.011, Gov't Code, and the period authorized under § 62.001(b)(b6) exceeds two years.); </p><p></p><p>§ Are the primary caretaker of a person who is an invalid unable to care for himself (This exemption does not apply to health care workers.); or </p><p></p><p>§ Have been summoned for service in a county with a population of at least 250,000 and you have served as a petit juror in the county during the three year period preceding the date you are to appear for jury service. (This does not apply if the jury wheel has been reconstituted since your service as a petit juror.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="txag, post: 99111, member: 8"] jury duty is not a choice. if you receive a summons for jury duty, you are required to appear. if you do not, you can be held in contempt and fined. employers (in Texas) are not required to pay your salary for missed work but cannot (by law) fire you for missing work to serve. after you appear at the courthouse, you can ask to be exempted from duty. being a student is an eligible exemption so you're not likely to see students. jury pools are drawn from drivers' license registrations (it was previously registered voters) & is random. i've been called several times but was far enough down the list to not be picked. many people there requested exemptions and most were denied. here is a list of exemptions: § Are over 70 years of age (You may also request a permanent age 70 exemption.); § Have legal custody of a child younger than 10 years of age and the person’s service on the jury requires leaving the child without adequate supervision; § Are a student of a public or private secondary school; § Are a person enrolled and in actual attendance at an institution of higher education; § Are an officer or an employee of the senate, house of representatives, or any department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the legislative branch of government; § Have served as a petit juror in the county during the 24-month period preceding the date you are required to appear for this summons. (Applies only to counties with a population of at least 200,000 unless the county uses a jury plan under § 62.011, Gov’t Code, and the period authorized under § 62.001(b)(b6) exceeds two years.); § Are the primary caretaker of a person who is an invalid unable to care for himself (This exemption does not apply to health care workers.); or § Have been summoned for service in a county with a population of at least 250,000 and you have served as a petit juror in the county during the three year period preceding the date you are to appear for jury service. (This does not apply if the jury wheel has been reconstituted since your service as a petit juror.) [/QUOTE]
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