How to Clear an Arizona Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear in Court by Shah Law Firm, LLC

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In the state of Arizona, according to Arizona Revised Statute (ARS) 13-3903, a bench warrant for your arrest makes it possible for police to pick you up and take you into custody almost anywhere they find you, and that can happen literally any time, day or night. The bench warrant gives police the authority to come to your residence, your workplace, during a routine traffic stop, or even a restaurant or cocktail party — if they have reason to believe you are there — and arrest you on the spot.

From here, you would have on your record a “failure to appear” charge, which could become part of your lifelong record, potentially affecting your conditions of release for the original charges you faced or adding on to your sentence if you are found guilty of the original charge against you.

For these reasons, as soon as you become aware that you had a scheduled court date that you missed, you need to contact your criminal defense attorney in Phoenix and let them know that you missed your court date.

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