is circuit court supposed to notify you of your courtdate?
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is circuit court supposed to notify you of your courtdate?
My husband was arrested for missing
court. We contacted the court multiple
times about court in accordance with
the dates we were told to call and told
he wasn’t on the docket. We never
received any notification of a date.
Asked on February 25, 2017 under Criminal Law, Mississippi
Answers:
B.H.F., Member, Texas State Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
The clerk of the court or court coordinator is supposed to notify people of their court dates, or their designated representative. That representative may be an attorney or a bondsman. If the court did not send a notice to your husband, (or his representative) then he should not have been arrested for failing to appear for court.
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