Will a warrant for a speeding ticket eventually clear itself after a certain amount of years? I have a younger brother who received one about 4 years ago and never went to court for it. Somehow, I recall someone telling me before that after a certain amount of years, the warrant clears. Sounds crazy, but I thought I would ask. We live in Houston, Texas but I believe he received it on the way to Austin in some random small city.
2007-01-30 16:15:41 · 12 answers · asked by sad_lyy 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
The warrant will never go away. After a certain number of years (seven where I work) the agency that originally sought the warrant will have to decide whether or not they want to renew it and keep it active. My agency renews and keeps all warrants active indefintely. I work in a warrant service position and from time to time we find and arrest people with 10+ year old warrants.
2007-01-30 16:27:53 · answer #1 · answered by James P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-03 04:31:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. I had a warrant for a speeding ticket once. I didn't make a complete stop at a stop sign and the police officer hand cuffed me and took me to jail! I had never been to jail in my life. It was awful. I was there for 12 hours.
Just because I didn't pay a ticket 2 years prior.
The amount of my ticket also escalated. Sort of like, interest on a credit card!
I'm from Lubbock, TX (now in Dallas) so believe me, I KNOW what those long drives between small cities are like.
I also got a speeding ticket in Oklahoma, and their ticket stated that I wasn't limited to driving through that town again and not getting pulled over, but they'd come get me in Dallas if I didn't pay the ticket in a certain amount of time!
2007-01-30 16:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by Lizzie T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He would still have a warrant. Call the District Court Clerks office and get them to look it up, and how much it would cost to clear. If he ever gets stopped they will just take him to jail. If he can come up with the full amount on the warrant he can go pay it and get a court date. Go to court to make sure that everything has been paid. More than likely his drivers license is suspended from this ticket as well. Make sure you call the Texas Driver Control office to clear that up.
2007-01-30 16:30:34 · answer #4 · answered by Jan G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The warrant will NEVER clear till its answered. The convictions for speeding will eventually come off the record though. BEST thing to do is to answer the warrant, plead not guilty, go to trial and either hope the cop doesnt work for the department anymore and the court has to drop it, or if the cop does, get him to swaer undr oath he speciffically remembers your ticket out of all the thousands he has written in the last 4 years. ANY judge will throw it out of court!!
2007-01-30 16:19:38 · answer #5 · answered by Paul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine just got arrested for ano utstanding warrant on a speeding ticket four years or so ago, so... I wouldn't bet on it.
He'd be better off contacting the city where he got the ticket and paying it off.
2007-01-30 16:23:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They usually won't extradite from county to county on a misdemeanor traffic warrant. Warrants can stand for years... 15-20... just stay out of that county. His license wasn't suspended?
2007-01-31 01:47:17 · answer #7 · answered by Gunny T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Illinois...and it 2007. I routinely arrest people on traffic warrants from the early 90's. Unless you brother doesn't care about it...tell him to save enough $ to pay the fine and bail...because he'll have to turn himself in to the police/sheriff dept. and take care of it accordingly.
It's not a bad thing...but he may as well take care of it on his terms (day/time/money) than when the cops finally contact him and it's incovenient or he doesn't have the money.
As far as turning himself in...he needs to call the local pd number and say "Hey..I have a warrant and I like to take care of it". I don't know an officer in my dept. that would treat him anything but fairly.
2007-01-30 21:07:52 · answer #8 · answered by Me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've got self belief that when you circulate as much as the windo you're arrested which interprets to detained yet the two hundred funds serves as bail and facilitates you to repay your rushing cost ticket or reschedule a courtroom visual attraction, yet; only via fact they don'y slap handcuffs on you and haul you off to the lock up does no longer advise which you haven't any longer been arrested. in the event that they examine you your rights and inform you that it is only a bail affiliation and that failure to look in courtroom will bring about you being put in penal complex next time, it is being arrested whether you circulate to penal complex or no longer. You greater advantageous do only as they are asserting. of direction, chatting with a lawyer first might help only in case you probably did the rest it is incorrect.
2016-09-28 05:25:35 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure there is a statute of limitations on such an offense. I would not get caught doing anything else though if you haven't taken care of it. The next time you get pulled over, you will likely be riding down to the police station to be booked for the warrent.
2007-01-30 16:18:47 · answer #10 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋