Christine Dabney > wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:42:30 GMT, Puester >

>>Do you really still have to report if you have moved out of state?
>>That seems unusually stringent and even illegal if you are no longer a
>>resident.

>Again, I have NOT moved out of state yet. My legal status is that I am
>traveling away from home on a business contract: I am still a resident
>of California. As I mentioned before, I haven't given up my residency
>there yet, for several reasons, and for another month or so, I will
>officially continue to be a California resident. Thus, I have to
>appear for jury duty.

>And I have gone over and over this with the superior court clerk. The
>only way I can get of this service is to talk with the judge.

Right.

It is my guess that when you tell the judge you are not maintaining a
residence in the area you've been called to serve in, and would
therefore have to pay for a hotel or similar in order to serve,
they will excuse you.

Unless it's Alameda County, in which case you're SOL.

Steve