Jury duty: if a summons is sent to an old address?

Mayo Exile

People for jury duty are selected from the most up to date Dáil Register of Electors I believe. What is the scenario if you change address and dont update your details on the register and then a summons for jury duty arrives at your old address? You could be at risk of a fine etc. if you dont turn up in court. But how are you to know if you never get the summons!

Also what is the situation if a jury summons was somehow forwarded on to your new address, but you haven't updated your details on the register. Is a summons invalid under this scenario?

Hogzy

Afaik a summons is only binding once you physically receive it.

Mayo Exile

Hogzy wrote: »

Afaik a summons is only binding once you physically receive it.

Cheers Hogzy. Is a summons sent by registered post to prove you received it?

Hogzy

Mayo Exile wrote: »

Cheers Hogzy. Is a summons sent by registered post to prove you received it?

Yes, Some summons are even served by the Gardai. But if you know a summons has been served upon you then you are also bound by it, Its hard for them to prove you knew about it though if you have not yet received it.

MagicSean

If someone has signed for it by registered post you could find yourself in difficulty proving you never received it because you would basically be alleging they had stolen your mail.

Our man in Havana

Jury summonses are sent by ordinary post.

What is the situation where people are not resident at where they are registered to vote for prolonged periods, i.e. where they are working abroad for periods of months at a time and return to Ireland occasionally?

NUTLEY BOY

What is the situation if the OP has actual knowledge of the existence of the jury summons ?

For example, if OP was a student in Galway and the summons went to his home address in Mayo and his Mammy told him about it on the phone ? [Forget the fact that he might claim exemption as a student.]

Does knowledge of the existence of the summons imply constructive receipt of the summons ?

Yes, I know that proof of this is a different matter !!!

To answer another question from OP I think that it is actually an offence to fail to answer a jury summons. However, I have never heard of anyone being done for that.

Our man in Havana

I have heard of many people being fined for failing to report for jury duty.

Hogzy

NUTLEY BOY wrote: »

To answer another question from OP I think that it is actually an offense to fail to answer a jury summons. However, I have never heard of anyone being done for that.

The reason for that is most people will answer a summons. Jury duty is fairly easy to get out of if you know how to go about doing so

If someone knows they have been summoned for Jury duty your much better off just doing it rather than arguing that you never received it. On the day a warrant may be served upon you and im sure you wouldnt want that to happen.

Mayo Exile

NUTLEY BOY wrote: »

What is the situation if the OP has actual knowledge of the existence of the jury summons ?

No knowledge of one. Just wondering what happens in this scenario.