california jury trial mail
What happens if I never receive my CA jury duty summons in the mail?
<p>This question is strictly hypothetical, but what happens if I never receive a Jury Duty Summons in the state of CA in the mail? Theerefore, I miss whatever trial/week I was assigned to,  because I never received the notification in the first place, through no fault of my own?</p>

<p>According to my California county's <a href="https://www.sb-court.org/jury-information/failure-appearrespond-jury-summons" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Superior Court</a>, Failure to Appear/Respond to a Jury Summons:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 209, any
prospective juror who has been summoned for service, and who fails to
respond as directed and be excused from attendance, may be found in
contempt of court, punishable by fine ($1,500), incarceration (5 days)
or both.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>There's no other information on the Jury webpages about beyond to call them if you miss the summons date. I suspect that if you did call them, they would just schedule for a new date.</p>
<p>I personally know people who have tossed all their jury summons and nothing has happened to them, but that may not hold true for all California counties.</p>
