Jury Duty mail received while on Green Card

[hyommysone 16]

Hi,

 

I received a mail that states official jury notice. I never claim US citizenship nor registered to vote and I know jury duty should be restricted to US citizens only (not sure). 

 

To people who received this mail and while on green card (permanent resident), do you just ignore this or do you respond that you are not a citizen?

 

Thank you!

 

 

[ch3john 308]

19 minutes ago, hyommysone said:

Hi,

 

I received a mail that states official jury notice. I never claim US citizenship nor registered to vote and I know jury duty should be restricted to US citizens only (not sure). 

 

To people who received this mail and while on green card (permanent resident), do you just ignore this or do you respond that you are not a citizen?

 

Thank you!

 

 

It's best to return it and say that you are not a citizen. Technically, they can issue a warrant for your arrest for not appearing for jury duty, but very rarely if at all. 

[TBoneTX 45,469]

Keep at least one copy of whatever you return to the court when you describe your ineligibility!  Put it with your important immigration papers.

[hyommysone 16]

Thank you for the helpful responses! I will respond and make a copy that I am not a US citizen.

[Alamo Cat 1]

I got one many years ago. On the form they had options for not being able to serve. But for some reason, immigration status was not on there. So I called the bailiff, explained. They told me to write it on and send it back to them. It never  happened again. I think in my case, this was before they updated everything at the DPS here in Texas. Now you have to show greencard and all that when you renew the driver license. I was able to renew online in the past until they changed that. So I guess they send it to me shortly after I moved back to Texas. 

 

Yes, right way to respond. I wouldn't just ignore it. 

 

I remember I was all exited about getting it. Even if I couldn't serve of course. Still. 😀

[Kasoveli 9]

I got one last summer. I just called and told them I was a lpr and not a US citizen. She said OK you're good. And that was it. I never had to send anything back.