I have a warrant for my arrest in Texas. I don't plan on ever going back to Texas. Can they still get me in California?
Texas would have to want you for something way more serious than an unpaid traffic fine to extradite you from California. Extraditions are expensive. It's salary, plane fare, ground transportation, hotel, and meals for two cops both ways and one prisoner for the trip back. There is no sense to doing that to get a fine of a few hundred bucks, at most. This doesn't mean that you are free and clear so long as you stay out of Texas. If you try and obtain a drivers license in California or most other states, they will probably check for suspensions in other states, and a traffic warrant usually also suspends your license. A background check for a new job could reveal the warrant. Some local courts report unpaid fines to credit agencies, damaging your credit report. There are all sorts of loose ends associated with arrest warrants, and one of them is likely to trip you up. Arrest warrants are valid until served or recalled. Some courts put an expiration date on warrants, but just as many do not. I once served an arrest warrant that had been sitting in file over ten years. It stemmed from a citation issued by an animal control officer for allowing a dog to run free, without a leash. Arrest warrants are court orders to any peace officer with jurisdiction and capability to serve the warrant. If the officer was to refuse to serve the warrant, he could be held in contempt of court. While it may be personally satisfying to flip the figurative bird at the Texas court that imposed the fine or the police agency that gave you the ticket, the arm of the law is long, and has a way of reaching out and touching you sooner or later.
First speeding ticket in chicago illinois, what should I do?
I recently got my first speeding ticket, I have court coming up and I got a letter from my old insurance lawyer telling me something about class B misdemeanor, that he can be my lawyer, that hes helped many people with the speeding tickets. Now this is my first speeding ticket, I was on I290 going 92 on a 55mph. The ticket says "SPEEDING OVER STATUTORY LIMIT 31-39". Like I said before, this is my first speeding ticket and I was late to a job. What is the ticket going to look like, am I going to be looking at some jail time? because that's what it says on the lawyer letter, $1,500 fine and up to 2 years. What do you recommend me doing?
If I crossed the state line, can a state trooper still give me a speeding ticket?
A state trooper tries to pull me over and I keep on going and passed his state line, does he still have jurisdiction to give me a speeding ticket at the other state?
If there is a warrant out for your arrest, can you fly domestically?
You probably don't have to worry about a warrant if you're flying domestically (in the US).First, very few people at the airport would have access to information about warrants. Even if someone has access (like airport police), they probably aren't running every passenger's name for warrants.Second, warrants often have limits on where they can be served. For instance, I live and work about two hours south of Chicago, Illinois. It is not unusual at all to find a Chicago-area person in town who has a warrant out of the Chicago area, but the warrant is only valid for the counties around Chicago. I can't arrest someone on a warrant like that.Warrants for major crimes may have nationwide extradition, so you might have to worry if your warrant carries nationwide extradition and if your name is checked by police at the airport. I have only found a couple people who fit that category during my career.Finally, if you're just plain unlucky, it might be a problem for you. I work with a guy we call "the warrant whisperer." This guy makes at least two or three warrant arrests per week. If he has looked at your photo on a warrant, he'll remember you when he sees you at the airport. And he goes to the local bus terminal and airport a couple times each week....
Why is there a call to eradicate homosexual priests?
No they do not have a right to do that. Priests are only restricted from engaging in sexual activities, being homosexual does NOT mean they are going to go against that. That's the connection the Catholic church (and others) are trying to make though. Along with gay people being pedophiles. It's disgusting that people have to make up such ridiculous things (with no proof) to further their own agendas.
If someone has a bench warrant in one state, could that person be arrested in another state for that same bench warrant?
I have read almost all of these answers. I am originally from Indiana, and the state places a rider on all their misdemeanor warrants that it is enforcable only within state boundaries. Now, I seen almost all of the answers her are from people with law enforcment back grounds. Not to upset anyone but police officers do not spend the time and money attorneys do on an education. When there is a rider on the warrent it is placing a legal jurisdiction or enforcement on that warrent. And that warrent is then only a legal document in the boundaries of jurisdiction of that document. Outside of that it is worthless, nothing more than toilet paper. So it is my understanding that it you are out of jurisdiction of the warrent as stated on the warrent (which at the time the officer runs a check it is stated there it) and arrest you only on the basis of that warrant then they have commited a legal kidnapping and have falsely arrested you due to the fact the officer already knows the jurisdiction of the warrent and what the intent of the issueing court is on the extradition. So yes you should take care of the warrent as soon as you can, but understand that if you are checked and you are in fact outside the limits of the warrent. It is no longer a legal document and can not be enforced at any cost just like a city police officer had NO jurisdiction in another city that is not within his state. In fact if that police office from NV came to my state of Florida and tried to use his badge in a official capacity he would be arrested for impersonating an office. If the law is like that for the jurisdiction of a person what do you think they would be for a pirce of paper. And remember to alway demand (not ask) to see the warrent and to read it completely before you sign it. Some jails have been known to pass off the warrent as extradition papers just to get you to sign the warrant. Sorry to any law enforcement officer i may have upset.
Do police actively search for people with bench warrants?
Yes, no, and sometimes. . . Yes, they will actively look for someone if the original charge is serious or the offender simply a butt head they have a lot of trouble with. No, if the bench warrants are for petty crimes and the department is simply too busy to bother. Sometimes, when warrants pile up, the police will set up a task force and hunt a bunch of the scofflaws down, or, set up one of those colorful stings where they get these fools to come to them to get arrested.