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You are looking at your desk calendar when suddenly your heart stops and you look at
the calender and you note there was a traffic court appearance last Monday and you didn't
appear. What's going to happen. Hello I'm Robert Todd and I'm here to answer how to
find out the penalties for failure to appear. Well you are going to find out that these
statutes governing what happens when you fail to appear for traffic court or any other court
appearance are going to vary from state to state. So perhaps one of the first things
you want to do is go to the website for your state's division of motor vehicles and check
to see what the law is in your state on failing to appear. One of the first things of advice
that I would direct to your attention is to act immediately don't let this sit. Because
you may be the victim of a bench warrant being issued for your arrest and even though you
don't violate another traffic offense, simply driving your vehicle down main street may
result in an officer running your license plate and seeing there's a bench warrant for
your arrest outstanding, and you may find yourself in jail. So take care of it immediately.
I'm Robert Todd and thank you for watching.