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FORM 8 - APPLICATION AND WARRANT FOR OBTAINING DEFENDANT'S APPEARANCE IN COURT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR IN RESPONSE TO SUMMONS OR CITATION

STATE OF MINNESOTADISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF __ JUDICIAL DISTRICT
_,)APPLICATION AND
Plaintiff,)WARRANT FOR OBTAINING
)DEFENDANT'S APPEARANCE
vs.)IN COURT FOR
)FAILURE TO APPEAR
)IN RESPONSE TO
)SUMMONS OR
_,)CITATION
Defendant.)District Court File No. _

APPLICATION FOR WARRANT

The above-named Defendant has failed to appear in Court as instructed in the Complaint--Summons served upon the Defendant or the Citation issued to the Defendant by _____________ on the ___ day of __________, 20__; I therefore request that a Warrant of Arrest issued for the Defendant, so that the Defendant may be arrested to obtain the Defendant's appearance in Court and that the Defendant otherwise be dealt with according to law.

Dated: __
(Prosecuting Attorney)
Name:
Attorney License No.:
Title:
Address:
Telephone No.:

WARRANT

TO: The Sheriff of the above-named County or any other person authorized by law to execute this Warrant.

AS PROBABLE CAUSE has previously been established by the Complaint--Summons or Complaint following Citation dated and filed on the _____ day of __________, 20___, charging the Defendant with the offense of _______________, and as the Defendant has failed to appear in Court as instructed in the Complaint--Summons or Citation; in the name of the State of Minnesota, I hereby order that the above-named Defendant be arrested and brought promptly before the above-named Court (if in session, and if not before a Judge or Judicial Officer of such Court without unnecessary delay, and in any event, not later than 36 hours after the arrest or as soon thereafter as such Judge or Judicial Officer is available) to be dealt with according to law.

Conditions of Release:
Amount of Bail: _
Dated: __
Issuing Officer*

*The name and title of the Issuing Officer should be printed or stamped following the Issuing Officer's signature.

(Effective for criminal actions commenced or arrests made after 12 o'clock midnight January 1, 1990.)