Have you recently had jury duty? Checks not presented for payment or redeemed before the 90th day are considered forfeited and void. Any uncashed checks will go to the county's general fund.
A number of Harris County residents who participated in jury duty leading up to the summer left their pay on the table.According to a document from Harris County Treasurer Carla Wyatt, from April 1 through June 30, juror payment checks worth $142,248 were left uncashed. Jury checks not presented for payment or redeemed before the 90th day are considered forfeited and void,Until September, jurors were receiving $6 a day for service and $40 on subsequent days. On Sept.
The jury payment method also changed on Sept. 1 when officials with the Harris County District Clerk's Office announced the county would pay jurors using debit cards via CourtFunds Pay Cards. The pay cards were scanned upon check-in and then automatically activated at least two business days after the conclusion of jury service.
Derrick Whitsett participated in jury duty this year and said he thinks checks don't get mailed to the juror's address. "I think people are forgetting their checks because there's no way of double checking to see if you'll receive one," he said.Sept. 1 also marked the increase in juror pay from $6 to $20 on the first day and from $40 to $58 on subsequent days.Man run over by box truck in N. Harris Co. was already dead: Deputies
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