No. A warrant is not a "ticket" that you can out of by simply paying a fine. A warrant is issued for one purpose - to take you into custody - and bring you before the court.
If you miss a court date in the state of Victoria Australia there will be a warrant issued for your arrest. When a warrant is issued for your arrest you must appear before a judge before you can leave the country.
Laws vary from state to state and you need to check with your local jurisdiction. Here is the answer for California. When a warrant is issued there is a BAIL amount. Bail can be set by the judge or it can be from a bail schedule. The bail amount is NOT the FINE for the offense, though sometimes bail can be forfieted to the fine when the matter is settled. Technically a warrant is a order by a judge, ordering a peace officer to make an arrest. If you go to a police station and let then know there is a warrant for your arrest, they MUST arrest you. If you take enough cash with you to the station you can then bail yourself out. The arrest and paying the bail cancels the warrant but does NOT settle the matter. When you bail yourself out you will be scheduled with a court date and still MUST go to court to settle the matter, unless it is the type of matter where the bail amount is used to settle the case. Of course the matter can be settled without an arrest by going to court and settling the matter and paying the fine.
Appear. A warrant is an order from the court for something to be done. A bench warrant is a order to any police officer (which they must obey) to arrest and deliver a specific person to the court. Going in on your own should cancel the warrant, and may let you avoid arrest.
a warrant is a warrant.. you go to jail and you do not pass go...Added: Very serious. You are confined to house arrest in lieu of going to jail. Cutting off your GPS monitoring device is like breaking out of jail.
he has been going to court to see if he will need to go to jail. but there currently is not a warrant out.
Yes, sure. Even if someone questioned it, the court isn't going to 'un-arrest' you.
You can find out if you have an active warrant by going to lacourt.org and typing in your name.
If it is a bench warrant you could turn yourself in at court and get brought immediately before the judge that issued it. If it is a true misdemeanor offense warrant you would need to turn yourself into law enforcement. You are required to go through the standard arrest and booking procedures. You may get "good" points for turning yourself in but you will still have to face the offense you are charged with.
Travel in-between states shouldn't get you in any trouble unless some state trooper decides to run your out-of-state plate, license, and finds your warrant. Travel to Canada is probably not going to be possible with a warrant out for your arrest, and even with a DUI conviction you will need to apply for a temporary residence permit.
I did. I flew from OH to the Virgin Islands with no problem. Security did stop me and take me back to this room for a few minutes, then let me go. I am guessing they maybe saw the warrant when running my id and called to verify that it was not a warrant for extradition...then again, the stop could have been totally random. also, i have crossed into Mexico (driving) and back and been detained, but let go.
$288.73Just don't fail to appear in court, or an additional $197.60 will be tacked on, along with a tasty warrant for arrest.
The future tense of arrest is "will arrest" or "is going to arrest." For example, "The police will arrest the suspect."