What Is the Penalty for Failure to Appear in California?
Failure to appear (FTA) occurs when you have a court date set and, for whatever reason, you don't show up. Depending on what you were supposed to appear in court for, the judge can issue a bench or criminal arrest warrant. Penalties for this depend on whether the original charge was a misdemeanor, felony, or traffic citation. For a criminal warrant, the police will actively seek to take you into...