I am not sure how it is for each state, but I do know that in the state of Tennessee it is a Class E felony and warrants can be served if everything meets the criteria of "Hindering a Secured Creditor".
Yes, an occupant or resident is not required to be present when a search warrant is served.
A warrant will be active until the conditions of the warrant are satisfied. It will also be active until the warrant is served.
If the police department secured the residence, and maintained security of the residence, they may search it however many times they like, within reason. However, as soon as the department relinquishes authority over the premise, the warrant has been served, thus a new entry would require a new warrant.
A sheriff's return on a bench warrant means that a return notice has been filed stating that a warrant was served. It also means that if the person is in jail at the time the warrant is served when they are released, they are to be transferred to the jail in the jurisdiction where the warrant was issued.
A warrant lives until it's served or quashed by the issuing authority.
No, the creditor does by having you served. You may be served in person by a process server. If this is not possible. you may be served by certified mail. If you refuse to accept the mail. The creditor can have you served by public notice, often in the local newspaper. If you do not happen to get the paper, or do not see the notice, too bad. It is a legal form of service, and the creditor will receive a default judgment when you do not show for the court date.
Yes, all warrants may be served nationally. A person who is the subject of a warrant can be arrested on that warrant in any state.
It means the warrant is current and that the subject of the warrant can be arrested.Added; It means that the warrant is active and has not yet been served on the wanted individual.
To serve a warrant is to to read it, and seize the person against whom it is issued. To execute a warrant is essentially the same.
This doesn't make sense: a person who has been served a bench warrant is arrested and brought to the court that issued the warrant. However if the warrant has a bond amount specified, the person posts it, then doesn't show, then another bench warrant will be issued for a higher or no bond.
A court warrant is valid until the warrant is served or the conditions requiring the warrant are satisfied. The warrant is valid indefinitely until these things occur.
You will be arrested.