I have some issues with checks.I am trying to pay them off..but how long does it take for a warrant to go out?

Question

I have been trying to pay off the criminal district attorny's office but I am scared I cant pay them off in time..has anyone been in this situation..I do not know how long it takes for them to issue a warrant and I need to pay them off..they tell me that they do not know when a warrant will go out..can anyone help me? I am so scared and need help.

Answer 1

Pay the amount even before the warrant is out. It is a preventive move in order to evade arrest.

Answer 2

I don't know where you live or your past or anything, but usually if you have a good record (or no record) prior to this, they won't issue a warrant unless they think you have stopped paying and are avoiding them. If you can talk to the same person each time, it might help to keep matters straight. If they set you up on a payment plan, then try your best to stick to it. A judge has to issue a warrant, and they will look at all of the info about you. If you are supposed to pay $20.00 a week, and for whatever reason have to miss a week, then call or go to the office. Even if you can only make a partial payment, it will show that you are trying. The judge may still issue a warrant, but if they tell you that they don't know when, it's because they haven't decided to send it to the judge.
If the judge does issue a warrant, they will set a court date for you. If you can show the judge that you have been trying to pay, etc, then he may be lenient, or give you more time to pay.
Like I said, every place is different, so go and talk to somebody at the DA's office, or ask around to some local folks who might have had this problem before.
It is better for them to collect your money than to throw you in jail which will cost them money.

Answer 3

Subject: Bad checks

Question
I wrote a bad check and it was reported to the court. I had to pay the fee and go to those classes, but I didn't neither one or the other. What could happen now??? Can still pay it now or is it too late?
Answer
Well, you can't pay now...what can happen is that, depending on the way your state operates, they may bring the original bad check charge back, and prosecute you on that, this time without the program as an option; Or, they may prosecute you for both the bad check charge and a violation of probation...
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You may have an opportunity to get back on the original program, but it'll be tough, as i imagine the prosecutor and judge is going to be mad at you for not taking the second chance they gave you...word of advice, if you do get lucky enough to get back on that program, make sure you complete it, because the alternative could be jail...
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When you go to court and they decide how long since you broke the law they have that right.
When you pay them all off and you prove or show proof of doing so, you might just have to pay court cost but then again if it got to the point because of outstanding debt. " Bad checks is certianly an Issue".
INSUFFICIENT FUND CRIMINAL STATUTE
Idaho Code section 18-3106 makes the writing of insufficient funds checks a criminal offense. A single bad check, or a series of bad checks, in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more is punishable as a felony. A bad check in the amount of less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) is punishable as a misdemeanor for the first and second convictions. However, a third conviction for passing a bad check under ($250) is punishable as a felony. ___ Each State is different___
Prosecuting Attorney's Office prosecutes offenders of Idaho Code section 18-3106 under limited circumstances. There are certain policy considerations and practical problems that impact how these cases are handled. The primary consideration is whether the individual is acting recklessly or with criminal intent. There is no distinct criteria for determining when a person's actions will result in a criminal prosecution. Each situation is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Consideration is made for what may be considered as innocent oversights or honest errors with respect to account balances. A person is considered by the prosecutor's office to be acting with criminal intent when writing checks on a "closed account."

The prosecutor's office also takes into consideration where the individual has acted promptly to honor the bad check and to pay the amount promised in the check and any associated collection costs that may have been incurred. Obviously, such actions have a bearing on how the prosecutor's office views the person's original intent in passing the bad check and, further, whether the interest of justice requires the expenditure of public resources to prosecute the offending person.

The prosecutor's office will not prosecute cases where the business or victim cannot testify that the defendant is the specific person who passed the check. The prosecutor's office is required by law to prove that the defendant is the person who presented or caused to be presented the bad check. Defendants do claim that they did not write the check or authorize the check to be written. There is frequently no way of disproving these claims. In such cases, the prosecution cannot establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant was the person who passed or caused to be passed a bad check. This is the reason that many merchants do, and should, request identification from each person who wishes to use a check, with a notation on the check of which clerk took the check and some indication that they did confirm that the name on the check conformed to the person indicated in the drivers license or other form of identification.

According to Michael L. Ramsey, District Attorney, The true costs of crime are often hidden. Nowhere is this more apparent than with the problem of bad checks. Bad Checks cost everyone money. Businesses in Butte County lose hundreds of thousands of dollars each year as a result of these bad checks. When businesses are forced to raise prices to cover such losses, we, the consumers, bear the cost of this criminal activity. In an effort to stop the bad check writer, return money to the victim and, whenever possible, rehabilitate the offender, my office has developed the Bad Check Restitution/Prosecution Unit. This Unit, staffed by attorneys, investigators and clerical support, vigorously pursues restitution owed to victims of bad checks and offers the bad check writer an alternative to prosecution. Those who do not, or will not, respond to incentives provided by the program and who have violated the bad check laws will be prosecuted.

Answer 4

it varies state by state. but usually if you are paying on them they will not issue the warrent (in good faith) however if you miss any payments that you have set up with them they will put out a warrent on you.