Follow the instructions included with your subpoena. If you still have questions call our victim/witness coordinator at 618-277-3892.

If the matter for which you have been subpoenaed involves your duties or activities at the University, contact the Office of General Counsel for further instruction. If the matter is unrelated to the University, you should contact your personal attorney. You should not respond and should not turn over any documents to anyone. You should immediately contact the Office of General Counsel, which is responsible for and handles all subpoenas pertaining to University documents.

A subpoena is a court document requiring you to be present at the time, place and date stated. Failure to appear will make it impossible for the Prosecuting Attorney's office to effectively prosecute the case and could result in the Judge finding you in contempt of court. You will be paid the witness fee and mileage set by law. You cannot be reimbursed for lost wages. Your employer must honor the subpoena and allow you to attend court.

A subpoena is a court order to appear or bring information to a court proceeding. The target of the subpoena can object to the order, and a case within a case can evolve that deals solely with the subpoena. A subpoena has to be "served" on the party being ordered to produce information or testimony. Anyone can serve a subpoena, as long as they are not directly involved in the litigation.

A subpoena is a court order compelling a person to attend court to give evidence. If you do not attend, you may be arrested. If you do not think that you have any material evidence to give, or believe that the issuance of the subpoena is an abuse of process, an application may be made to the court to set it aside.

Both the parent and child will have to attend the court hearing on the scheduled date. You may make a determination to have an attorney to represent your son or daughter. If you cannot afford to hire a private attorney, you will have to fill out a financial affidavit and the court may appoint one for you.

Arraignment. The appearance date given on your ticket is your arraignment date. You must appear on this date unless you pay the ticket prior to the date. Please note, if the officer has indicated on the ticket that it is a MUST APPEAR citation, then you may not pay the ticket prior to the court date, and you must appear before the Judge. At this first appearance you may talk to the Prosecutor about a plea negotiation.

If you have been charged with a minor moving traffic violation, you have three options in handling your case:

If you do not have permission to be excused from court by the Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney prosecuting the case, the court can issue a capias for your arrest for failure to appear. Contact phone numbers are provided on the subpoena to assist you in contacting the attorney should the need arise.

For your safety, you should assume that we will turn over log file entries if we are presented with a court order, subpoena, warrant, or other legal demand originating from a non-totalitatarian government entity. We do not have the resources to mount legal challenges. We do not know our users, and thus we cannot contact them to allow them to mount a challenge.

A subpoena to appear as a witness is a court order and must be obeyed. Failure to appear in court in response to a subpoena could place you in contempt of court. The subpoena may contain information or instructions about the trial. You should try to follow these instructions as it may save you time. The State's Attorney's office for each county in Maryland (and Baltimore City) has a victim/witness assistance coordinator who can answer your questions and help you through the court process.

No, your paperwork will be filed into your local court and it is this that appears before the judge for his signature. You will then be issued with a bankruptcy order and an official receiver will be appointed to administer your case. Often you will not even have to attend an interview in person with the Official Receiver but a 10 minute telephone call is all that is required to finalise the bankruptcy. (back to top)

In most cases the court will allow a defendant to dispute a fine; however there are some courts that once the case has been sent to collections do not allow a defendant the opportunity to dispute the fine. Each court is different, so in your case, it is best you contact our Collections Department at 1-800-616-0166 to find out the specifics for your individual case(s).