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If you had a Court date and failed to appear, the court would likely either put a hold on your drivers license (basically, suspend your drivers license), or issue a bench warrant for your arrest. If at the time you were cited for the new charge, the officer did not mention anything about a bench warrant for your arrest, then perhaps it isn't showing up on your record. In short, it is possible that they may address the failure to appear when you appear for the new charge, and if it is in the same court or county as the last charge, it would increase the chances of it coming up at the next hearing. But, I would have also speculated that the arresting officer would have run a record and saw the failure to appear (and bench warrant if one was issued). Whatever the case, I would recommend consulting with an attorney to talk about your current case in more detail, and to deal with the potential issue of the prior failure to appear.

It is impossible to tell, there could be a want warrant still outstanding if he failed to appear or fail to comply with the judgment and the type of ticket which was issued and if it was out of state. Ask an attorney to look into it to be safe.

You have to complete the multi-offender DUI program before the DMV will give you your license back. The multi-offender program is 18 months. You should contact your attorney, or if you didn't have one, contact the DMV for more information.