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If you did not know about your case

You could ask for your case to be reopened if you did not know about it, so you were not able to plead either guilty or not guilty.

You바카라 사이트™ll need to make a legal statement known as a 바카라 사이트˜statutory declaration바카라 사이트™ to reopen your case.

You usually need to do this within 21 days of finding out about the proceedings.

  1. Download a statutory declaration form (called an 바카라 사이트˜ignorance of proceedings form바카라 사이트™) or ask for a copy at your local magistrates바카라 사이트™ court.

  2. Fill out the form telling the court when and how you heard about your court case. You바카라 사이트™ll need to provide details of where and when your hearing was held.

  3. Arrange an appointment to make your statutory declaration. This could be before any magistrates바카라 사이트™ court or a legal representative such as a solicitor. Making a statutory declaration before the court is free, you will have to pay to make one before a legal representative.

  4. Bring a written plea (or a completed single justice procedure notice if you have one) to your appointment, along with your statutory declaration.

  5. Sign and date your statutory declaration form when you바카라 사이트™re at your appointment.

If the court accepts your statutory declaration they will reopen your case.

You can still be guilty of the offence, even if you did not know about your case. 

If your case is reopened and you바카라 사이트™re found guilty, your sentence or fine (or both) might be increased. If you바카라 사이트™re found not guilty then all charges against you will be dropped.

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