MINNESOTA COURT RULES

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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FORM 7 - APPLICATION AND SUMMONS FOR OBTAINING DEFENDANT'S APPEARANCE IN COURT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR IN RESPONSE TO SUMMONS OR CITATION

STATE OF MINNESOTA

DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________,	)	APPLICATION AND
Plaintiff,	)	SUMMONS FOR OBTAINING
	)	DEFENDANT'S APPEARANCE
	)	IN COURT FOR
vs.	)	FAILURE TO APPEAR
	)	IN RESPONSE TO
	)	SUMMONS OR
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________,	)	CITATION
Defendant.	)	District Court File No. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

APPLICATION FOR OBTAINING DEFENDANT'S APPEARANCE IN COURT

As the above-named Defendant has failed to appear in Court as instructed by the Complaint--Summons served upon the Defendant or Citation issued to the Defendant by ____________ on the ___ day of __________, 20__, I therefore request that Defendant be summoned to appear in Court and otherwise be dealt with according to law.

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

SUMMONS

TO: The above-named Defendant.

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 you failed to appear in Court as instructed in the Complaint--Summons or Citation.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear on the ___ day of __________,

20__, at ___ o'clock __.m., before the above-named Court at ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________,
		(Room No.)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________,	____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________,	for failing to appear in Court as instructed in
(Place)	(Address)
the Complaint --Summons or Citation previously issued to you.

IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR in response to this Summons, a warrant for your arrest may be issued.

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.)