I received a jury summons in the mail today, even though I served back in May and was told that, under New York State law, I could not be called again for another six years. I thought I’d already explained this to the state when they sent me a jury questionnaire a few months back, but apparently there’s still some confusion.
Now I need to find the letter that confirms my service (again) — which, because I am exceptionally disorganized, might prove a little time-consuming. I honestly have no idea where I put it. And then I need to call the phone number on the summons to explain (again) why I’m ineligible this time around. It’s not that I can’t serve or won’t. This is a telephone standby summons for mid-January, so there’s no guarantee I’d actually have to present myself in court. But I’m just trying to follow their rules. And their rules say I can’t serve because I already have.
Wouldn’t they have something like that on file already? Sheesh.
You’d think. But such is the nature of bureaucracy, I suppose.
I read that the Calgary provincial court has BANNED knitting needles. I don’t know what I’d do if I was summoned.
SIX YEARS?!? Criminey! Here in California you get one year of grace after being summoned. Six years. Sheesh!!
Honestly, it’s not the summons so much that bugs me. It’s a telephone standby summons, like the last one I received, and with that one, I only actually had to go into court on the last day. And because that was a Friday and cases were not assigned for some reason, they let us go around 11 am.
I’m just trying to follow the rules as NY laid them out.