Is there a statute of limitations on traffic tickets issued by Texas to out of state drivers?

Answer 1

The statute of limitations on a traffic ticket in Texas is 2 years since it is a class 3 misdemenor. However, if you failed to pay a fine, or failed to appear in court, the court might have issued a 'Failure to appear warrant', a criminal misdemenor. Fines do not have a statute of limitations, and neither do warrants in most states. (Even the IRS has limits on collecting payments but a lot of states do not!) Depending on the State in which you reside, there might be a notification to your own home state DMV under the uniform compact agreement, again varying by state. Most notifications under this state to state agreement must be sent within a certain time period of the occurance of the offense, generally 6 months again varies by State. You probably don't want to get into trouble in the jurisdiction that issued the ticket, even if many years have passed, since the local warrant may be enforcable and you might have to stay in the "Gray Bar Hotel" for a while. So if you have an unpaid ticket, for which a fine has been issued, better to stay home!