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Pay For Jury Duty Bc In Contra Costa
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Minor hardships or inconveniences to an employer are not legal reasons to be excused from jury service. However, you may request to be postponed to a more convenient time. If serving on jury duty will create an extreme financial hardship, visit the online Juror Portal to request an excuse.
What If A Juror Does Not Report as Instructed? Every resident of Contra Costa County who is qualified to serve must appear for jury service when summoned. Willful failure to appear is contempt of court. Contempt of court is punishable by fine or possible county jail time.
The Contra Costa Superior Court operates on a One Day/One Trial system. In order to minimize the number of jurors who must appear in person and avoid unnecessary inconvenience to the juror, the standby service process is used.
For example, write something like “My name is Jane Doe. On (date), I received a jury summons for (court date) at (court address) and was assigned the juror number (insert number here). I am writing to request to be excused from jury service because being absent from work would pose an extreme financial hardship.”
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If you are contacted, please call the Jury Commissioner's office at . Videos. Answering the Call for Jury Service.There really needs to be a change in how much people get paid for things like jury duty. The only other way out (other than to renounce your citizenship, which you apparently don't want to pay forward for anyway) is simply to die. Call and see if you were one of the groups that was excused. If not they can reschedule you vs waiting for that bench warrant for your arrest. Your job is legally protected while serving on jury duty, but your employer is not obligated to pay you for time missed. (1) Person over 75 years of age. (2) Persons who served as a petit or grand juror or appeared in court in response to a jury summons within the last year. Nearly every employer I've ever had would pay me my wages while I was on jury duty, as long as I signed over my jury duty "wages" check to them.