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STEVE IN MASS · 08-31-2004, 01:42 PM

For regular jury service in Mass, you can postpone it on the "first call" just by sending back the card asking for a delay.....they will reschedule you for about 3 months later......on that rescheduling, you have no out, you HAVE to accept it, with no further postponement.

I've done this before (just last year), so I know. Fortunately, they wanted me to originally come in the fall, and I opted to postpone, and got a date for January. Come the January date, we had a major snowstorm, and court was cancelled that day. I was notified that because of that, it was considered "time served", and was off the hook for another 3 years.

Not sure if a call for a grand jury works the same, but I am pretty sure you can get it postponed, but only ONCE.

And it doesn't matter if you served before......once you serve, you are free for 3 years, but then after that your name can come up again by luck of the draw.

(And by "serving", it doesn't matter if you actually sit on a jury, or are just called for the pool, show up, and are dismissed without actually getting on a trial. Just showing up and being dismissed counts as service.)

08-31-2004, 01:42 PM	#6
STEVE IN MASS Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Foxborough, Ma Posts: 1,191	For regular jury service in Mass, you can postpone it on the "first call" just by sending back the card asking for a delay.....they will reschedule you for about 3 months later......on that rescheduling, you have no out, you HAVE to accept it, with no further postponement. I've done this before (just last year), so I know. Fortunately, they wanted me to originally come in the fall, and I opted to postpone, and got a date for January. Come the January date, we had a major snowstorm, and court was cancelled that day. I was notified that because of that, it was considered "time served", and was off the hook for another 3 years. Not sure if a call for a grand jury works the same, but I am pretty sure you can get it postponed, but only ONCE. And it doesn't matter if you served before......once you serve, you are free for 3 years, but then after that your name can come up again by luck of the draw. (And by "serving", it doesn't matter if you actually sit on a jury, or are just called for the pool, show up, and are dismissed without actually getting on a trial. Just showing up and being dismissed counts as service.)