NOTICE TO THE BAR AND PUBLIC
DISMISSAL OF NEARLY 300,000
MUNICIPAL CASES MORE THAN
27 YEARS OLD AND RECALL OF
DRIVER’S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS
By Order of May 21, 2021, the Supreme Court dismissed nearly 300,000 unresolved, minor municipal court cases that are more than 27 years old (Dismissal Order). These dismissals were ordered by the Court following review by municipal prosecutors of the cases to be dismissed. The dismissed cases are those in which driver’s license suspensions had been issued to defendants for a failure to appear prior to January 1, 1994 which were still active on May 21, 2021. Some matters also had arrest warrants for failure to appear attached. In those matters, all driver’s license suspension will be rescinded, and arrest warrants recalled.
