indiana fta warrant

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Indiana....what is a fta warrant, defendant to be held with out bond?

FTA means "failure to appear". You must of had a court date that you forgot about

Thanks, I'm ore concerned about "held without bond"

it means that since you didn't bother to show up as you agreed, they don't trust that you will show up again. Therefore, they plan on holding you until trial or until your lawyer moves to get a bail hearing and have a bail set.

Whether you will really be held until the trail depends on the type of case, the circumstances of your failure to appear and a lot of other factors. You may want to discuss this with a local lawyer so that you have a plan for turning yourself in and getting the situation resolved quickly without a lot of time inside.

How quickly do you think I would be able to be a bail hearing?

That's why you need to talk to a local lawyer. We don't know your courts rules and you haven't told us if this is for a traffic issue like driving without a license or for robbing a series of convenience stores with a shotgun.

I don't know if you just forgot about the court case and the warrant was issued yesterday or if you have been hiding out for years.

Failure to appear is a separate charge in Indiana and it is either a misdemeanor or a felony depending on what case you failed to appear for. Depending on the circumstances, you could be looking at anything from a stern warning not to do it again up to three years in prison.

timothis76 said:

How quickly do you think I would be able to be a bail hearing?

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Depends on the court and how busy it is. Depends on how quickly you file something with the courthouse.

Do you think I could turn myself in and get out on the same day?

timothis76 said:

Do you think I could turn myself in and get out on the same day?

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There's one way to find out.

timothis76 said:

Do you think I could turn myself in and get out on the same day?

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Yes I think you could, but...
You would probably have to have it all set up that way ahead of time.

What charge did you fail to show up for?

It was a total miss understanding. I missed a pre trial court date for check deception, I applied for a differed prosacution (sp) and I thought that put everything on hold until we heard from the prosacution....but I was wrong. So I didn't realize I had done something wrong.

It was a total miss understanding. I missed a pre trial court date for check deception, I applied for a differed prosacution (sp) and I thought that put everything on hold until we heard from the prosacution....but I was wrong. So I didn't realize I had done something wrong.

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This sounds like th eperfect situation for getting a lawyer involved to contact the prosecutor, explain the mistake and get it cleared up. You can probably even negotiate the deferred prosecution at the same time. But you need to get on this right away. If you wait for them to arrest you, then you have lost your chance at leniency.

Some Random Guy said:

This sounds like th eperfect situation for getting a lawyer involved to contact the prosecutor, explain the mistake and get it cleared up. You can probably even negotiate the deferred prosecution at the same time. But you need to get on this right away. If you wait for them to arrest you, then you have lost your chance at leniency.

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This would work in my Indiana county.

Thanks for all the advice, it worked! I contacted a lawyer and he negotiated and everything worked out and I did have to do any jail time!