How to Defer Jury Duty

Video Transcript

"You just went to your mailbox and there's a notice from the clerk of the court and the county in which you live summoning you to jury duty, what do you do? Hello, I'm Robert Todd, and I'm here to answer the question, how do I defer jury duty? Well, the question really is, how do you defer jury duty, as opposed to, how do you get out of jury duty, because basically you don't get out of jury duty. So you're really looking to see how can you can defer it. And one of the first things you want to do is, you want to attend to it as soon as possible, don't put it on the kitchen counter and forget about it. Go immediately and call the number that is listed on the summons and find out what time you're supposed to report for, and then determine whether you have a conflict. Good reasons for conflicts are, you're having a baby, you're getting married, there's a financial hardship at the time, you have your own business, you're the only one operating the business, if you're not there the business doesn't operate, thus you don't get paid, thus creating the financial hardship, and so forth and so on. It's not a question of whether you're going to serve, because you are, it's a question when is it more convenient for you to serve. And that's how you defer jury duty. I'm Robert Todd, and thank you for watching."