Can you be arrested on a misdemeanor warrant when you apply for a drivers license in another state?

Answer 1

You can legally only possess a driver's license issued by the state you reside in - that being said - when you apply for a new license they will check the national database to determine whether your license has been suspended or revoked in any other state. During this status check your name MAY come up as wanted.

Answer 2

Yes. After you are arrested and get done in Court with all the penalties. People under indictment for any reason cannot make application for a drivers' license in most states, unless it's a misdemeanor punishable for less than a year and is for a non-violent offense, and also isn't related to another driving-related offense. But you gotta answer the warrant first, and you can and will be arrested at the DMV Office most usually.

Answer 3

Lawfully you may only possess ONE drivers license and it must be issued by the state in which you claim legal residence. If you move to another state and apply for a license, the new state will check the interstate computer system to confirm your license status in your former state. If the warrant was placed into the interstate computer system ........(???)

Answer 4

Yes, depending upon the geographic limitations placed upon the warrant by the issuing state. If the issuing state indicates that the warrant be executed outside its boundaries, then it will be active in other states, the wanted person may be arrested and extradited back to the issuing state. See related links below.

Answer 5

If the misdemeanor-base state requests the new state to deport you back for criminal prosecution, then they can detain you and send you back.

Look up contract law amongst states.

An arrest is more of a formal arrangement where you'll be cited for new charges. However, the new state will not be able to actually charge you with anything.

Keep in mind though, the FBI has jurisdiction everywhere and if the original state is serious enough, they can gt involved and they can formally charge you federally.

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My advice, go back and face the music. Just having a misdemeanor warrant could go under the radar for years but what for? Are you trying to wait out the statute of limitations? It has a relative low chance of you doing any serious time and a high chance that you can get it expunged later on.

Plus, you can then get your probation supervision transferred to the new state and do your time there if you still want. However, keep in mind that the new state may impose restrictions and regulations that the old one wouldn't on probation. Hell, going to another county may even make life tougher or easier depending on who is supervising you.

Bottom line, do your time now and not later when you have a few kids, a good wife and a good job in which it could all get ruined like it was just some new charge.

Answer 6

If the warrants are extraditable, (like felonies, sometimes gross misdemeanors) then yes. Then the question is if the police will get to the licensing place you are at quick enough!

Answer 7

IF I have a warrant in Texas can I still apply for a Colorado license without getting extradited.