When you fail to appear at your scheduled court date, it is considered a separate offense. Typically, the court adds a separate count to your citation, which means that if you are found guilty, you will be found guilty of a separate infraction or misdeaminor in addition to the underlying citation (for speeding, cell phone, etc.).  Additionally, failing to appear can result in an issurance of a warrant and a hold on your license.

There are usually only 3 valid reasons that the courts genally recognize to warrant a dismissal of a failure to appear: (1) incarceration on the date of the hearing, (2) hospitalization on the date of the hearing, or (3) active military duty on the date of the hearing. Other than these, judges usually have little patience hearing the excuses that people try to give.  

However, our attorneys have been successful at having failures to appear dismissed and/or the fines greatly reduced.  Typical fines for failures to appear can be between $500.00 to $1,000.00.  The attorneys at Nosrat | Rad have been successful at having failures to appear dismissed and/or the fines greatly reduced.