Jury Duty for Illegal Alien? Please Help

[Delver 0]

I am very worried and can't sleep since I received a summon letter for jury duty. How can i go to court when i am an illegal alien? Another big problem is that my passport was lost and my visa has been expired. Should I go personally to court-house but without my passport with me? (to tell to the court-clerk that I am not a citizen). But honestly I am also so scared to go to the courthouse:(....and you know if we failure to respond to this summons we will subject to either a fine or jail term or both.

Anyone may help me please? Thanks.

[GlobeHopperMama 95]

Respond either by phone (if given that option) or with a mailed letter stating that you are a not a US citizen and therefore not eligible to serve jury duty. Don't go in person, and there's no need to specifically refer to your immigration status. Simply tell them you are not a US citizen.

[canadian_wife 1,791]

I'd be more concerned about how they got your name on a jury list since here is the qualification

To be legally qualified for jury service, an individual must:

be a United States citizen;

be at least 18 years of age;

reside primarily in the judicial district for one year;

be adequately proficient in English;

have no disqualifying mental or physical condition;

not currently be subject to felony charges; and

never have been convicted of a felony (unless civil rights have been legally restored)

The US citizen part worries me

Good luck

[AaronLV 12]

I'd be more concerned about how they got your name on a jury list since here is the qualification

To be legally qualified for jury service, an individual must:

be a United States citizen;

be at least 18 years of age;

reside primarily in the judicial district for one year;

be adequately proficient in English;

have no disqualifying mental or physical condition;

not currently be subject to felony charges; and

never have been convicted of a felony (unless civil rights have been legally restored)

The US citizen part worries me

Good luck

In Nevada Jurors are pulled from Drivers License and/or voter registration lists, it is the same way in California. If you get a drivers license or register to vote you can possibly get a jury summons. My wife actually got one and we had to email/fax in a copy of her green card showing she was not a citizen, so she could be excused and not have a bench warrant issued.

I am not sure how you would do it being here illegally.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

As the poster has received the correct information to her question I am going to close this thread to further discussion rather than risk it being derailed because of the poster's status.