What happens if the wrong court date is put downonyour ticket?
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What happens if the wrong court date is put downonyour ticket?
The court date on my ticket is 01/10. Until I am re-served or sent a letter by the courts, do I have to appear or notify the courts of the error? Will they dismiss the case until I am re-served, etc?
Asked on December 13, 2010 under Criminal Law, Colorado
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
If you don't show up and the case is ready to go, you will be found in default and will lose automatically. While you may be able to get the judgment set aside after the fact based on the error, (1) that's not actually given--the court may feel you had an obligation to bring the fault to the court's attention; and (2) even if you can do this, it's always more difficult to correct matters after the fact; and furthermore (3) you'll just end up having to make a different court date. Since this won't let you off the hook forever, you're best off contacting the court and clearing up the error up front, so you can deal with this once and then move on.
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