(a) A person required to appear before a district court in this state, having been served with any form of notice to appear for any criminal offense, traffic violation, or misdemeanor charge, shall appear at the time and place designated in the notice.
(b)
(1) If a person fails to appear as required in subsection (a) of this section, the presiding judge may suspend the person's driver's license.
(2) The license shall be suspended until the person appears and completes the sentence ordered by the court.
(3) After the person satisfies all requirements of the sentence, the Department of Finance and Administration shall assess the current fees for reinstatement of a driver's license.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-17-102. Exchange of jurisdictions by district court judges
§ 16-17-103. Residency requirement of judges
§ 16-17-104. Law license requirement for district judges
§ 16-17-106. Deputy district court clerks generally
§ 16-17-108. Salaries of personnel and other requirements of various district courts
§ 16-17-114. Restriction on receipt of fees and costs by constables in certain localities
§ 16-17-115. County's, town's, and city's portion of district court expenses — Appropriation
§ 16-17-118. Power to postpone or suspend sentence in misdemeanor cases
§ 16-17-119. Counties with populations over 250,000 — District court expenses
§ 16-17-121. Salary increases — Factors to consider
§ 16-17-124. Fee for appeal transcript — Disposition
§ 16-17-125. Pretrial release alternative administration fee
§ 16-17-126. Fee for filing and issuing writs — Disposition — Fee for issuing summons
§ 16-17-127. Contractors providing certain services
§ 16-17-129. Levy to defray cost of incarcerating city and county prisoners
§ 16-17-130. Single district judge to be elected countywide
§ 16-17-131. Suspension of license for failure to appear
§ 16-17-132. District court generally
§ 16-17-133. Limitation of the incarceration of juvenile defendants in district courts
§ 16-17-134. Change of venue from lower courts in certain counties to municipal court
§ 16-17-136. Waiver of appearance and entry of plea to traffic violations in district court
§ 16-17-137. Jurisdiction over certain criminal matters
§ 16-17-138. Mandatory holding of court for departments of a district court