<p>I was just summoned today by mail for jury duty. I am only 18, in school, and moving two weeks after the jury date. Also, my finals coincide with the date I was given to appear as a juror. </p>
<p>Has this happened to anyone else close to my age?
How can I get out of this? I cannot reschedule it because I won't even be here! Help!!</p>
<p>this happened to me too. you write them a letter and tell them you are going away to college.</p>
<p>Yes......this has happened. I contacted the court by email and informed them that I was a student......so I could reschedule but ultimately wasn't called. I do believe if you notify the court about your circumstances you can trust that they will do the right thing. Don't wait until the last minute. In my situation I had to email and couldn't use the phone number. Good Luck and thanks for voting huh? You vote to get to serve.</p>
<p>Yes. I just voted and re-registered my driver's license. That is probably why I am in the system. Anymore advice? Thank you all.</p>
<p>In our area, you can call the court and tell them your circumstances, and it shouldn't be a problem. I'm sure if you tell them you have finals the week you are scheduled for jury duty, they will let you off. (It is possible you will need to get a letter from the school, but that might not be needed. Different places do it different ways.)</p>
<p>Call right away. Don't put it off.</p>
<p>(My son was called for duty when he was away at college, and he just had to call and tell them that.)</p>
<p>This hasn't happened to me....so far. I really don't want to be called off for jury dury right now, got a lot of crap going on in my life.</p>
<p>Just tell them that you're in college and they will reschedule you in January or during the summer. Either way, it has to be done. So just call them and there won't be problem. You're not the only one so they're used to it.</p>
<p>Your best bet would be to tell them your situation now so that you can be rescheduled for a time that is better for you to serve . Make sure that you really are available because you will have to serve the next time they call you as in some parts of the country they really limit the # of times you can postpone (1).</p>
<p>Also waiting until the last minute can end up with your having to serve anyway if they find that they are short on potential jurors.</p>
<p>interesting, I wonder if I will get called</p>
<p>In the state of Texas(and I think in most other states), being a full-time college student is an excuse. Generally there's a place to write in excuses on the back of the form, and a list of what's a valid excuse. In TX, they don't even make you reschedule.</p>
<p>In Oregon (or at least my county) you only have to reschedule if you don't have a good enough reason to be excused. I have served two times and been excused 2-3 times (when I had small children and recently, when I had a job that would not pay me if I missed to do jury duty).</p>
<p>Really HelloKiki? Well, thats great to hear!</p>
<p>In NYC being a full time student is not an excuse, you get one time to postpone (for a time when school is not in session) then you must serve when called.</p>
<p>Every state has different laws regarding jury duty - and being excused is not always the way it goes - in MASS there is NO excuse - you must fulfill your legal/civil obligation - or be fined - and/or arrested. You can also only reschedule it 1 time. Being a student - out of state - etc....... still qualifies you for jury duty</p>
<p>Make sure to get this taken care of right away - in MASS you must reschedule it within 1 year of the original obligation date - OR - you can be a walk in juror when you are available. </p>
<p>Be careful with jury duty - make sure you follow all of the instructions and especially if you are not available to do it - to reschedule it.</p>
<p>that's so lame.</p>
<p>"that's so lame."</p>
<p>Well, it IS your civic duty...</p>
<p>sirwatson, knowing you from the USC board I'm assuming you live in California. In that case, contact your local Jury office (<a href="http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/jury/offices.htm)%5B/url%5D">http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/jury/offices.htm)</a>. You should be able to get a postponement.</p>
<p>So they say...</p>
<p>Thanks for the link redski.</p>
<p>I emailed them and they told me to mail to them a letter stating I am a student in Socal. I can be rescheduled for the summer and if I don't opt for that they will just contact me again after two years. Thanks California. That was easy :)</p>