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will texas extradite misdemeanor fugitives?
YesAdded: All US states and territories honor each other's requests for extradition - there are no 'safe-haven' states - It is impossible to know with certainty whether a particular state will choose to extradite you for a particular offense, or not, there are simply too many variables. It may depend, in part, on the offense and the seriousness of it, and/or how badly they want you returned - most states WILL extradite for felony offenses - especially crimes of violence.
I doubt it very seriously.There isnt a state that I know that will extradite on misdemeanor charges!!!Another View: Despite the above contribution, All US states and territories honor each other's requests for extradition - there are no 'safe-haven' states - It is impossible to know with certainty whether a particular state will choose to extradite you for a particular offense, or not, there are simply too many variables. It may depend, in part, on the offense and the seriousness of it, and/or how badly they want you returned - most states WILL extradite for felony offenses and crimes of violence.
In general, No. On a misdemeanor charge extradition over a long distance is generally not going to happen. The State or jurisdiction that has the charge must pay for someone to come pick you up if you are arrested in another State. This is expensive and most jurisdictions will not want to pay this cost so they don't extradite over long distances.
Most states will not extradite on a misdemeanor warrant due to the expense they would incur for a relatively minor charge. Some states WILL if the distance is not that great, i.e. within 100 miles etc.
There is no hard and fast answer for this. Anything is possible. All US states and territories honor each other's requests for extradition - there are no 'safe-haven' states - It is impossible to know with certainty whether a particular state will choose to extradite you for a particular offense, or not, there are simply too many variables. It may depend, in part, on the offense and the seriousness of it, and/or how badly they want you returned - most states WILL extradite for felony offenses.The real problem is that you chose to not manage the misdemeanor charges responsibly and it is going to cost more taxpayer money to deal with you. Time to start thinking ahead and move on.
Realistically, in the budget crunch that all states are undergoing these days, they MAY not want to bother with bringing you back for a misdemeanor offense - HOWEVER - that being said - it cannot be 100% counted on to save you. All US states and territories honor each other's requests for extradition - there are no 'safe-haven' states - It is impossible to know with certainty whether a particular state will choose to extradite you for a particular offense, or not, there are simply too many variables. It may depend, in part, on the offense and the seriousness of it, and/or how badly they want you returned - most states WILL extradite for felony offenses.
All US states and territories honor each other's requests for extradition - there are no 'safe-haven' states - it is impossible to know with certainty whether a particular state will choose to extradite you or not, or for what offense - there are simply too many variables. It may depend on the offense and the seriousness of it and/or how badly they want you returned - most states WILL extradite for felony offenses.--Generally, states do not extradite over misdemeanors. The process of extradition is cumbersome and costly to say the least. Not only that, but the logistics are something to take into account: Will Georgia send someone to the state the fugitive is residing in and take the fugitive into custody and fly him/her back to Georgia? Will they do all of that over a misdemeanor? I doubt it, but it is possible. I think the taxpayers wouldn't be too happy if they knew they spent thousands of dollars on retrieving a fugitive from another state over a misdemeanor. The cost increases the further the fugitive is away from Georgia. Someone from Georgia has to physically come over to whatever state you are in and bring you into custody.However, if you are wanted on a misdemeanor warrant for violating your probation, the case is much different, since when you sign the documents in court for probation, you agree to several rules and one of them is you agree to waive all extradition if you decide to run to another state. That means if you skip your probation and go to Colorado, for example, the state of Georgia won't have to go through the process of extradition. They would simply fly you back without any red tape getting in the way.
If he has been convicted of a felony offense, any state will extradite him. There are very few foreign countries he could go to which would not happily send him home to Alabama . And in most of those countries, he had better not get caught with drugs. They have sentences like 'eternal incarceration.'
A state can extradite on any outstanding arrest warrant, but the decision is usually based on the cost of bringing the offender back and the seriousness of the charge. It is extremely rare for a misdemeanor charge to be regarded as serious enough to merit the expense of an extradition.
Yes.
Some warrants are treated differently than other warrants. Some are just valid in a few surrounding counties and some are nationwide. They might be able to see it, but they probably won't arrest and extradite for a misdemeanor warrant.