What Is the Penalty for Failure to Appear in California?
Failure to appear (FTA) is when you have a court date set and, for whatever reason, you don’t show up. This can result in the judge issuing a bench or criminal arrest warrant, depending on what you were supposed to appear in court for. 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...