Confirmed: I Missed Jury Duty

A while back I noted that I may have missed jury duty, but thought that I was in the clear.

I was wrong.

Today I received a letter from the city/county informing me that I had ten days to contact them with my reason for missing. Amazingly, I managed to not procrastinate on this at all, and called them up today. Honesty being the best policy, I informed them that I forgot to check on my day. The clerk didn't seem to care. Now I have to go in on November 13th to make it up. It should be fun - and I know I'll be there because I can't afford to miss it (money-wise or jail-wise).

I Missed Jury Duty

Okay, I'm not entirely sure that I missed it. But, I failed to open my jury notice until after the week that I was on duty. You see, San Francisco has a system where there are 10 groups of jurors on notice for a given week. Each day of that week, you are supposed to check the website to see if your group is supposed to report in. After I realized I missed it, I went to the website, but was unable to tell whether my group had been called earlier in the week. Now, I'll have a terrible wait... Will a ticket show up in mailbox? Or will a warrant be issued for my arrest?

Likely not. But, that would suck.

Here is what the San Francisco Government website has to say about it:

Failure to Respond to a Jury Summons
If you fail to appear, you will be subject to a fine or imprisonment pursuant to section 209 of the california code of civil procedure. Section 209 requires the Jury Commissioner to pursue non-respondents. If you receive a Notice of Failure to Appear, you must contact the Jury Office at 415-551-3608 within 10 business days to reschedule your service or to explain why you cannot serve as a juror.

Let's just hope I spot the Notice of Failure to Appear if I get one.