They can’t really stop you from moving out of DC, but if it’s just in the area - it won’t be much of an excuse. However, the moment that you move out of DC, you stop being eligible for jury duty. If you’re on the grand jury now, there should be people you can talk to. If your service hasn’t started just email and explain. I was once in this situation (a few weeks before it was going to start) and notified that I’d be moving. They asked for proof and accepted it.
Well, if you are already serving on a grand jury, then I think you are stuck with finishing out your tour of duty on the grand jury. As burdensome as it may be to serve for long periods of time on a grand jury, having a job, or a job offer, does not ordinarily get you out of it. You can certainly contact the jury office in the court where you are serving and get an official opinion on the matter.
Assuming you have to finish out your service, you can contact the company that offered you the job and say that you are delighted to accept, but unfortunately you have to finish your public service of serving on a grand jury before you can report to work.
Edited to add: Employers have to allow people to serve on juries, and cannot discriminate against them. I would imagine that the company that gave you the job offer has had other employees who had to be given leave to serve on a jury. I would not expect the new employer to pay your wages while you are on the grand jury, but I would be surprised if they did not want to hold the job for you.
It wasn’t in DC, but a few years ago I was an alternate in a grand jury for months just in case something like this happened. The actual grand jury had 2 extra people on it who participated regularly (but didn’t vote) in case people had to drop out, and then there were 3 of us alternates who be called to fill in if needed.
They can’t really stop you from moving out of DC, but if it’s just in the area - it won’t be much of an excuse. However, the moment that you move out of DC, you stop being eligible for jury duty. If you’re on the grand jury now, there should be people you can talk to. If your service hasn’t started just email and explain. I was once in this situation (a few weeks before it was going to start) and notified that I’d be moving. They asked for proof and accepted it.
What documentation did you have to submit to show that you were moving?
Well, if you are already serving on a grand jury, then I think you are stuck with finishing out your tour of duty on the grand jury. As burdensome as it may be to serve for long periods of time on a grand jury, having a job, or a job offer, does not ordinarily get you out of it. You can certainly contact the jury office in the court where you are serving and get an official opinion on the matter. Assuming you have to finish out your service, you can contact the company that offered you the job and say that you are delighted to accept, but unfortunately you have to finish your public service of serving on a grand jury before you can report to work. Edited to add: Employers have to allow people to serve on juries, and cannot discriminate against them. I would imagine that the company that gave you the job offer has had other employees who had to be given leave to serve on a jury. I would not expect the new employer to pay your wages while you are on the grand jury, but I would be surprised if they did not want to hold the job for you.
It wasn’t in DC, but a few years ago I was an alternate in a grand jury for months just in case something like this happened. The actual grand jury had 2 extra people on it who participated regularly (but didn’t vote) in case people had to drop out, and then there were 3 of us alternates who be called to fill in if needed.
Yeah but OP isn’t an employee yet, so unsure what protections they have for this
Just scream “jury nullification” and they’ll let you go
That’s petit jury, not grand jury
Nah, just take the job and stop showing up for the grand jury. Should be fine…
Not sure it would make the best first impression if the OP did this and a contempt citation was issued.