<p>My son got a jury summons for our home county today. He goes to school 700 miles away. Neither one of us can afford for him to travel here. We can't even move the date until the summer, because he's not planning on coming home for that -- he's staying up there. </p>
<p>Anyone have any experience with this? Is being away at college considered "not residing in the county"?</p>
<p>It probably depends on the state. Our son got a jury notice and had to send documentation--his off-campus apartment lease--proving he wasn't living at home any more. (This is New York state.)</p>
<p>I also know of students who had to serve on juries in the counties where they're attending college.</p>
<p>D had a questionaire/summons for federal jury duty when she was working out of the country. I have her POA, and I was able to vouch for her situation, which was included among the excusable situations. He may have to register to vote where he is in school, which might cancel the summons. Check with the office issuing the summons. Good luck! Lorelei</p>
<p>We have had this experience; call the number on the summons and tell them the situation and probably they will tell you to send the form back with the informatin as well. In our county and state being a student away for home is an excusable situation.</p>
<p>This does vary by municipality. My D recently got a summons, and she simply filled out the online juror questionnaire for our county and explained why she couldn't serve. She was excused.</p>
<p>I got called for county court during finals week last year...my dad called and explained and I got deferred to a later date (over the summer). This was in NC.</p>
<p>This just happened to my D. The summons specifically states that full-time students are obliged to serve. My D wrote the excuse on it anyway since she attends college over 100 miles away and plans to work an internship in the summer out of state. They didn't care - they rejected that and said she has to serve anyway. My D's now going to have a real fun spring break down at the courthouse.</p>
<p>My other D had the same thing happen and also spent her spring break at the courthouse. She said there were lots of students there since they all postponed to spring break due to busy and already planned summers.</p>
<p>I hope the courts in your area are more reasonable.</p>
<p>Professional jury pools? Have wondered if that wouldn't be more of a viable option. Of course, I know that serving on a jury is a civic duty and can be a great learning op, but the more I read and hear about, have to wonder if professional jury pools is something our courts need to investigate!</p>
<p>Hmm, well, it's certainly not that he doesn't want to serve -- we're big on civic duty in my household, and both my son and I are elections officials -- but that the cost of coming home for jury duty is too much. However, I seem to remember he's registered to vote in his college state now, because he intends to live there during the summer and breaks, so that should end the discussion.</p>
<p>It happened to my D when she was at school out of state and the jury duty was while classes were in session. She wrote a nice letter explaining that she was attending OOS and the assignment judge sent back a card excusing her. She has not heard from them since, and it's been 3 years.</p>
<p>My son got one of those. They wouldn't excuse him, but they did let him defer it until he was on break from school.</p>
<p>My wife got a jury duty call two weeks before we moved out of the state. We sent a note back to the court to that effect and that took care of it. She's been called 3 times and I have never been called. go figure.</p>
<p>My UCLA son got one, too. (at UCLA apartment) He replied and they let it go, the first time. The next year another summons and his reply was rejected. They told him that he had to serve in the summer. He doesn't live near UCLA during the summer. He changed his voter registration back to our home address (different county), and hasn't heard anything, yet.</p>