So this story is a little strange but bear with me. I was summoned

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2016-05-23 15:35:32 Post No. 17174160
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Anonymous 2016-05-23 15:35:32 Post No. 17174160 [Report]

So this story is a little strange but bear with me.

I was summoned to court. The summons paper is like ridiculously important because it has ALL the information you need.

I live in a house with a big family. There are 8 people living in my house. I had a basket of laundry that I put my summons paper in. For some reason a sibling threw it away and its gone. I call the court house like 3 days before my service date. She basically tells me to call the court house on a certain day at a certain time. I wrote down everything she said. I just tried calling the jury clerk seeing if they want me to come to court. I get a recording telling me to refer to the number on my summons paper on my service date. So what the fuck? I don't want to spend jail time or pay a fine. I realize I should have taken better care of my summons paper but why are they jerking me around like this? Am I going to get in trouble for not reporting to court? I did everything in my power to follow the rules after my summons paper got tossed. I tried calling other parts of the court but they all just redirect me to that damn recording that tells me to refer to my summons paper and leave a message which I did.

Man why the fuck did this have to happen to me? My mom, dad, grandpa and grandma have never heard of "jury duty" yet as soon as I become an adult they gotta bug me with this shit.

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Anonymous 2016-05-23 16:11:22 Post No.17174261
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Anonymous 2016-05-23 16:11:22 Post No.17174261 [Report]

>>17174160
Yes, you will get in trouble if you just ignore it. You won't go to jail (probably) but will probably be fined.

Phone the courthouse again - or even better, go in person. Tell them the whole story. While you're standing there they can look up your original summons and print out a duplicate.

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Anonymous 2016-05-23 16:17:56 Post No.17174285
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Anonymous 2016-05-23 16:17:56 Post No.17174285 [Report]

>>17174261
Printing out a duplicate wont help much. Im already past the time. Today is the date and I was told to call a number and Id be told weather or not I have jury duty. But as I said all I got was an answering machine. I did leave a message with the jury clerk though. I've tried other areas of the court house but they all redirect me to the jury clerk.

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Anonymous 2016-05-23 16:19:50 Post No.17174295
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Anonymous 2016-05-23 16:19:50 Post No.17174295 [Report]

I feel like she gave me the wrong time. She said to call at 11:30 but that seems too late to me.

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Anonymous 2016-05-23 16:21:15 Post No.17174301
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Anonymous 2016-05-23 16:21:15 Post No.17174301 [Report]

I suppose my best course of action would be to go to the courthouse.

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Anonymous 2016-05-23 16:21:50 Post No.17174303
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Anonymous 2016-05-23 16:21:50 Post No.17174303 [Report]

>>17174285
why not just go in person?

also you won't get in trouble for not appearing when summoned, a summons is just a request anyway. If they really wanted you to be there they'd send a subpoena which means you'll go to jail if you don't come.