I missed my court date. What’s next?
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I missed my court date. What’s next?
I missed the court date by error I got
the ticket like one and a half months
ago and I thought the officer said it
was on the 5th so I let time go by and
set it in my calendar and asked off work
for this day and got it off.
Asked on January 4, 2018 under General Practice, New Mexico
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
You do what the court told you: come in on the new date. Traffic or municipal court tends to not be punative or a stickler about issues like this: if you miss a court date innocently, but voluntarily come forward to let them know you missed it and ask for a new date, they will almost always reschedule the case without penalizing you. It's only when you *don't'* voluntarily come forward and they have to issue a bench warrant to drag you into court that you tend to suffer penalties.
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