Contact the court. A decision could have been made without you, usually not in your favor, or a warrant may be out for you. Only contacting the courts is the way to know. This is just from a citizen's point of view.
Added: The above explanation (in layman's terms) pretty much spells it out.
if you have missed your court date and are caught driving on a suspended license they will arrest you. My fiancee had a suspended license and was paid up on his insurance and tags and everything but missed his court date and went to jail.
Your attorney can file a motion for a new date, or you can appear in court yourself and request one. If you have missed a court date and have a warrant issued, you can turn yourself in and ask the arraignment Judge for a new date.
There are several things that should be added in a letter is the date that was missed. The person should include why they missed the date and explain that it won't happen again.
ohh well you better pay it
it means you will be in jail until your court date
Then you won't get it dismissed or the cost lowered.
You would be convicted since you were not there to defend yourself.
A writ of bodily attachment ("Blue Writ") is issued for somebody's arrest when they have traditionally missed a court date or payment.
Usually, if the proper request is submitted sufficiently far enough in advance.
From what I was told by an attorney, it's a motion you can file to rescind an arrest warrant and reschedule a missed/skipped court date.
It means failure to appear in court. The person either missed court or did not know they had a court date. FTA means the person failed appear in court so theyrearrest that person who the rearrest was for. (Most of the time they had been arrested before and the rearrest means they missed the court date for a hearing for the first time they went to jail.) They also don't give bail a lot of the time when it's a FTA charge. They meet in front of the judge and get bail set or no bail and set free.
If the discharge papers state the date(s) you were admitted, then yes, they should suffice. However, you might be asked why you didn't call and notify the court you were unavailable.