Q: Do you have 3 days to surrender yourself if fail to appear in court before being charged with this.Nebraska
My brother was out on bond on a felony charge, and forgot to appear in court. He has never done this before. Court was at 930 am. He was arrested at 2:00 pm for failure to appear. I read ne rev statute 29-908, and it says you have 3 days to surrender yourself before being charged. Would that apply in this case? Do they have the right to arrest him and take my bond money without giving him the chance to surrender himself within 3 days?
A: You can be arrested for a failure to appear warrant even if you missed a court date less than 3 days ago.
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