Legal Question in DUI Law in California

Please see this article: What to do if there is a DUI Warrant in California written by San Diego DUI Attorney Rick Mueller http://www.sandiegoduilawyer.com/articles/what-do-i-do-if-there-is-a-warrant-out-for-my-arrest.html . Because you are out of the country, you can do this by mail.

The warrant is going to remain active until you (or an attorney on your behalf) appears in front of a judge and gets it recalled. If that is the ONLY reason for your probation violation and the warrant, there is a possibility to have it recalled and simply re-refer you to the program. Or - your attorney may be able to request that the school be deleted as a condition of probation. You'll still need to do the class in order to get your license back though.

Bottom line - contact a local criminal defense attorney in the county where your case is.

To properly handle warrants, you must turn yourself into the issuing court, with or without an attorney, and try to negotiate a recall of the warrant[s] and a plea bargain on the new �Failure to Appear� charge. You�ll try to negotiate bail reduction or OR release. You�ll try to negotiate a plea bargain or take to trial the outstanding charges that caused the warrant. Turning yourself in voluntarily will result in a better outcome than being brought in cuffs to court after arrest on the warrant. That can happen if you come in contact with law enforcement or customs anywhere in the US. On felony charges, the defendant must be personally present at every court hearing and appearance. On misdemeanors and infractions, the attorney can appear in court without the defendant being present, and any plea bargain deal could be handled by notarized paperwork. While this isn't a 'capital case', you face potential jail and fines, so handle it right. Effective plea-bargaining, using whatever legal defenses, facts and sympathies there may be, could possibly keep you out of jail/prison, or at least dramatically reduce it, and may enable you to get your probation and programs reinstated. Unless you're competent to effectively represent yourself in court against a professional prosecutor trying to put you in jail, most people hire an attorney who can. If serious about hiring counsel to help in this, and if this is in SoCal courts, feel free to contact me.