Legal Question in Traffic Law in Iowa

failure to appear

i receieved a letter in the mail saying i have a warrant for my arrest for failure to appear, but i never receieved a letter or anything saying a had to go to court, what do i do? its for showing just cause for not paying for an owi


Asked on 12/05/07, 8:25 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

Re: failure to appear

When you pled guilty or were convicted a copy of the judgment and sentence was handed to you with a show cause date. That is all the notice you get.

I suggest you make arrangements to turn yourself in or scare up the money to pay your fines and otherwise comply with the terms and conditions of your sentence.

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Answered on 12/05/07, 9:05 am


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