If you get a traffic ticket and reschedule your court date will the police officer probably not show up?
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Maybe, but I wouldn't bet on it.  There is a better reason it get a continuance, though.  The cop, when he testifies, will be working entirely off his notes from the traffic stop.  Think about how many people the average cop stops for speeding or running a red light in a three month period.  He won't really remember pulling you over.  All you have to do is find a way to shed doubt on his testimony.\n\nFor example, I got a speeding ticket where the cop determined my speed by pacing me.  Pacing requires following at a set distance for a specific amount of time.  In court, all I had to do was use the mathematics of the situation to show that it was doubtful that he followed me for the required distance.  The charge was thrown out.
205056
Yes but it will cost extra, a LOT extra.\nWhy no go to court with a good believable excuse?\nI have gotten out of them a couple of times, except\nonce when I was doing donuts in the snow I didn't cause the cop showed up.\nAs I was leaving the courtroom some creepy guy said as I went past him, "Can I ride with you?"
208104
Even though a great deal of time has transpired since the original charge, there is a great probability that a warrant has been issued for failing to appear on the original charge. A person charged with a crime has an obligation to appear before a judge to have the matter resolved. A warrant can be issued at any tiume during that process if a person does not show up to court, even if they have shown up already. I would suggest that you contact the court of origin for your friend and see if there is a warrant. If there isn't one, then he/she is home free.
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20 years ago in CA, the procedure was to issue a bench-warrant for your arrest, with a mailed notice.  This could be cleared up with a check-in-the-mail.  No court appearance was ever necessary.\n\nUnderstand that if the cops have you in custody and a warrant check comes up positive, you'll probably be answering some additional questions in a more comfortable location.\n\nGet in touch with the court clerk in the county where you failed to appear, and ask what the procedure is.  Don't be afraid - they'll be very nice to you.
979307
Rebeka M,\nI'm not kidding, you are looking at jail time if you don't make good on those tickets. One day someone is going to knock on your door with a warrant for your arrest, I'm not kidding. They will only give you so much time to show up and then it's to late. Hope you have a good excuse to give to the judge. Take care of those tickets now as soon as possible.\nTDCWH
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Call the Clerk of the Court in the county where your hearing is scheduled.  Just call 411 and ask the operator for the number to the Whatever County Circuit Court Clerk's Office.  Have your citation in hand as the clerk will need the citation number.  Ask them to reschedule you because you cannot get off work that day or whatever.  That's how it's done.  Maybe they'll let you reschedule, maybe they won't.  If they don't, make sure you go or you'll have a warrant issued for your arrest.\n\nGood luck!\n\nDaniel\niPowerGRFX Web Designers\nhttp://www.ipowergrfx.com\nhttp://www.publicadjuster.com
816642
The citation is valid.  Most parking tickets do not require the officer to sign the ticket.  Even if your parking ticket requires the officer to sign the ticket, failure to do so will not invalidate the citation.  It is very likely that you will receive a "cite correction letter" of some form in the mail that will indicate that the officer forgot to sign the citation and address the issue.  The clerks at the agency where I work return citations to the issuing officer for these type of corrections and our courts will not accept such a citation until the error is fixed.  That being said, errors never invalidate a citation.  Your best bet is to go to court and challenger the ticket and maybe the agency will not be able to figure out who wrote you the ticket, no one will show up on the police side and the ticket will get thrown out.
495383
They can. They will most likely issue a bench warrant for your arrest.\nWhether they come looking for you is the issue then. usually they don't even bother. However, if you get pulled over again with a bench warrant, it is straight to jail until the judge can see you at HIS convenience.\nThere are cases where they show up at your workplace and get you. they don't like it when you waste their time.Plus, to top it off, you have to pay to have the warrant removed, pay the ticket, and pay the failure to appear fine.\nNot worth it, just go!!!
516453
yes as meow has indicated a summons is a court order therefore when u fail to appear in court u would be held in contempt n sent to jail right away!! so no u can't change the date unfortunately, but like others have said i think contacting a lawyer n getting their legal advice is ur best bet!! good luck!!
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Can't call the court, because not all police reports go to the court.\n\nIf the officer can't give it to you at the time you're making the report, call the Records division (or whatever they call it where you are) and ask for it.\n\nSeems easy enough...is that really what you needed to know?
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You sure you have a warrant in the first place?  Minor violations like those are usually handled just by having DMV suspend your license until you take care of them.  \n\nEven if you have a warrant, I can't imagine it's not going to be citable...meaning the cops could just give you a ticket for it and call it good, then you'd have a new appearance date for court and the warrant is gone.\n\nBut again - I'd be surprised if you even have one, and I'd be even more surprised if the cops cared enough to come look you up, no matter who rats you out...this should be a really minor warrant, unless they take those things *awfully* serious up there in Tahoe.\n\nI'll contact you off-line regarding some other information.
600242
You've got a ticket does it matter?????
353114
Failure to appear in Civil court?  Or Failure to be civil in criminal court?\n\nIn civil court if you fail to appear you face getting a summary judgement against you.  Basically not showing up will allow the other party to get whatever they're seeking whether that be the amount they're suing for or a dismissal if they're the defense.\n\nIn ohio: "§ 2935.11. Failure of person summoned to appear.\n\nIf the person summoned to appear as provided in division (B) of section 2935.10 of the Revised Code fails to appear without just cause and personal service of the summons was had upon him, he may be found guilty of contempt of court, and may be fined not to exceed twenty dollars for such contempt. Upon failure to appear the court or magistrate may forthwith issue a warrant for his arrest."\n\nSee also § 2935.27. Procedure after issuance of citation; penalties for failure to appear or comply.
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In Texas, we have the option of taking a driver's safety course if you're not more than 24mph above the posted speed.  Also, I've gotten 11 speeding tickets, and have not been convicted of any.  A few of the techniques I've used:\n\n1.  Reschedule the court appearance.  If your appearance time is in the morning, let them know that you work mornings and need an evening appearance.  And vice-versa.  Once I was told that I needed to take a day off work - I told them I worked in a patient care area of a major hospital, and couldn't reschedule unless it was at least three months ahead of time.  They gave me the time I wanted.  Usually, cops work a specific shift - schedule your appearance outside that shift, and you lessen the chances they'll show up.\n\n2.  As others have suggested, ask for deferred adjudication.\n\n3.  Absolute last resort - skip the court date.  They will issue a warrant for your arrest.  Turn yourself in on Saturday evening.  You'll probably get a court appearance scheduled for Sunday.  If your cop happens to be working already, he's probably patrolling, and can't appear for court.  If not, his odds of coming in on his day off on one-day's notice are slim to none.  But you've got to be willing to spend the night in jail...\n\nGood luck!
1150842
the judge will issue a warrant for your arrest.  They won't come looking for you,  but if you're ever stopped for a traffic violation of any sort, or even just a checkpoint stop,  you're going to Jail.. You will  have to pay a fine and have to reappear for your jury duty assignment.  AND in some states you will lose your drivers license for a while.
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It's called Failure to Appear and the result is quite simply that a bench warrant is issued for you.  If it's a big city, chances are they won't come looking for you at your house, but if you get pulled over for any reason and they run your license, you'll be arrested on the spot and then things get much worse.  I missed my court date for littering in college (just forgot all about it) and they came to my dorm and arrested me.  They let me go once we got the jail and it was a smaller city, but they did come to me, so it's really hard to say.\n\nIf you missed your date, call them - get it taken care of.
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Get a good lawyer. I had a lawyer fax in my court date cancelation 2 days before court and since the court office clerks are idiots the fax was time stamped 2 days before court. But at the court heiring they found me GIA since the cop thought this he never showed for the rescheduled court case and I won back my 300+ fine.