Will Georgia extradite to Alabama on a federal misdemeanor warrANT for traffic?

Answer 1

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.

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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.

Answer 2

There is no such thing as a FEDERAL misdemeanor TRAFFIC warrant.

AL will probably not bother to extradite you from GA on a state traffic warrant unless the charge is something REALLY serious like vehicular manslaughter.