Grand Jury duty.

[angledge]

hotpantsgalore (who visited me this weekend) brought me my mail. I dug through it very quickly until I found my absentee ballot, which was the only thing I really cared about. HPG left yesterday for a week-long road trip around Texas, so last night I went through the rest of the mail.

And found a grand jury summons.

I was supposed to report yesterday morning.

Comments

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

oops!

Happened to my mom though - and she just got rescheduled. Hopefully NY is just as nice?

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Dunno.... the jury summons mailer says that a failure to show up "constitutues a criminal contempt of court punishable pursuant to section 750 of the Judiciary Law". The interweb tells me that section 750 can give you 30 days in jail & a $250 fine.

I'm also concerned that this could somehow affect my security clearance.

*eeeeeeeek*

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the security clearance part, but was NEVER going to say that out loud.

Other details.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

1. I can't get ahold of anyone at the court today - they are closed for Election Day.

2. It's a $1,000 fine, not $250. And according to the interweb, they've been enforcing it recently in New York County (that's Manhattan not Queens but still) because jury duty no-shows are increasing.

3. I've already let the NISTAC powers know about the situation.

Re: Other details.

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

I am inclined to think, and am hoping, that your extenuating circumstances will allow you a get out of jail free card, unlike some bozo who just doesn't care and ignores the summons.