What type of proof do you have to provide to the judge if you attended a funeral instead of jury duty?

Question

I'm driving to the funeral, so I can't provide documents showing I traveled by airplane.

Answer 1

show me the body.

But seriously, a copy of death certificate.

To the guy who said a mass card?? get real.. i could get one of those for myself... right now! idiot.

Answer 2

If you blew off jury duty without requesting permission to do so beforehand, the judge may or may not be interested in knowing why you did so. "Going to a funeral" is not a basis for simply ignoring a court order. The judge is probably going to believe you when you say that is what happened, but it is possible that he will not care.

If you have some explanation of why you could not have asked for a postponement of jury service before you left, you probably will want to have some proof of that. (And if this is something in the future (it is hard to tell), don't just blow it off--ask for a postponement.)

Answer 3

Had you already been picked to serve on the jury and skipped? You might have tried calling the courthouse and posing that question to the officer of the court. Could have ask the judge. Even a local police officer might have provided an answer.

Answer 4

You can ask the funeral home for a death certificate copy (with the okay of the next of kin), ask the funeral director to write a letter, and some (not all) will accept a calling card from the funeral service (little pamphlet handed out with the decendents name, the location/ time of the services, and place of internment).

Answer 5

Sorry for your loss. I would say, either the Mass Card or a Copy of the Death Certificate should do it. It would also help if you could establish what your relationship was to the deceased.

Answer 6

Bring the little brochure you get at the ceremony.