When you receive a jury summons in the mail it is required by law that you appear at the place listed on the summons. Being summoned for jury duty does not guarantee that you will actually serve on a jury. In fact, many counties in Georgia allow you to call the weekend before to see if you even need to be present for jury duty during the date listed. Many people have ideas about how to get out of jury duty, but there are only a few ways to legally avoid jury duty in Georgia: 1. be seventy years old or above and sign an affidavit from the Clerk of Court’s office asking that you be removed from the jury list, 2. be permanently mentally or physically disabled with an affidavit from your doctor, 3. no longer be a resident of the county which summoned you to jury duty, or 4. be a convicted felon whose civil rights have not been restored as the result of pardon. You can request that the Court make a onetime deferral or postponem
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