I was just summoned for Jury Duty for April. I served one day in August and was under the impression that the next time I’d get called was for August. Is getting summoned twice within a 365 day period normal for Baltimore City?

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miramini t1_jaaoqng wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:45 AM

This happened to me recently. If you call, they will excuse you because you already served within the year.

NewrytStarcommander t1_jaavlxs wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:36 AM

Just call and let them know, they'll postpone it. You only have to serve once per year.

WRX_MOM t1_jab8dgs wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:19 AM

Right, but are they serving over two years? They served in August 2022 and that was last year now and April 2023 is a new year.

FriedScrapple t1_jacfonb wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:03 PM

If it was within the past 365 days it counts

MightaHadALittleFun t1_jac9rcj wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:02 PM

It's by service date (so one year after you last served), not calendar year. https://mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/import/juryservice/juryplans/baltimorecity.pdf

tomolive t1_jac53zz wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:05 AM

Is it federal or local? Federal is a whole different story.

MereThorn t1_jaas0sr wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:10 AM

This just happened to me too. I served one day in June 2022 and got a summons for April 2023. I was also going to call them - but figured I’d just be kicking the can further down the road since I’ll get summoned in a couple months anyways. I guess I might as well get it over with. But I do believe you can call them and they’ll postpone it for you.

WRX_MOM t1_jab83b6 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:16 AM

You should call to clarify. I recently served in September 2021 and then was summoned again to go in January 2022 and I had to go despite calling. The person on the phone would not allow it to be postponed but I didn’t fight it I just went.

baltGSP t1_jae4d7v wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:53 PM

If I remember correctly, the form they send you has a field to enter in the last time you were called to jury duty.

zinniasinorange t1_jae8h9s wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:19 PM

Happened to me (after I actually got picked for a jury and served two days!). The only annoying thing was unlike all of the other parts, you can't work it out online. I did send in the physical form and that was it, though.

Inner_Tadpole_7537 t1_jabylzd wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:32 AM

Same thing happened to me I just ignored it.

Classifiedgarlic OP t1_jae89cu wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:18 PM

The penalty for non compliance is jail. I’d rather be moderately inconvenience then have a court on my case

Inner_Tadpole_7537 t1_jaf3ghe wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:48 PM

Baltimore city Sheriff's are not arresting people For not showing up. The thought of it is just laughable. Besides you're in the one year window