Can you be arrested at home if you have a bench warrant or arrested only if you get picked up?

Answer 1

If there is a warrant out for your arrest you can be arrested anywhere.

Don't break the law and everything will be fine.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

If you have a bench warrant for yourself they can come into your home and arrest you. The warrant squad will show up at any known address is order to do so. You can also be picked up on the warrant if you have been arrested again but this doesn't always happen. It usually however throws up a red flag and the warrant officers come soon after.

Answer 4

This will depend on a number of factors. What is the warrant for, your criminal history, your attitude when first given the ticket, the philosophy of the PD and the individual cop.

At my department we are given lists of people in our city with active warrants with the expectation that during the slow times we arrest them. Obviously some officers are more proactive than others. I personally treat hunting warrants as a fun challenge.

Sometimes I'll call the "fugitive" and give them the opportunity to turn themselves in. On other occasions, we'll track them down and arrest them, at home, at work, driving, at ma's house, at the store etc without any warning.

Answer 5

a bench warrant simply means that a judge has ordered a warrant for your arrest. As far as I know it is not treated any differently than a normal warrant. If it is for a felony they will try and pick you up, if it is only for a misdemeanor there arent going to waist the tax payers money to come get you. Now if you have a bad record or if the police are checking your ID for any other reason and come across the warrant, your goin to jail. So if you are playing your music up to loud and your neighbors call the cops on you, when they get there to tell you to turn down the music and check your ID.... they will probably check for a warrant. Good luck!

Answer 6

Knock-knock

Who's there?

The Police

What do you want?

We have a warrant for your arrest.

Yes, they can get you at home, while you are shopping, get you at work or stop you on the road and get you... and many other scenarios. When you have a warrant, you are wanted by the law and can be arrested at any time, any place. Best take care of it as soon as you can so you won't have to worry about it :)

Answer 7

A bench warrant does not give police the right to breach a persons privacy.

At your home you have the right to a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Generally a warrant is required to make an arrest in a dwelling house.

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Answer 8

You CAN be arrested at home, work, wherever you are. Police get lists of people with warrants from the court. Often we go out and try to bring them in.

Better contact the court and get it taken care of,, if you have to make bail it will cost you more than the ticket.

Answer 9

you can be arrested at home. Sometimes they do bench warrant sweeps, and if for any reason you give a cop your name anywhere you will go to jail for the warrant. If someone breaks in or etc...and cops come you will go to jail.

Answer 10

Sometimes a county will have "warrant sweeps" and go out and ring doorbells trying to find everyone with a warrant---these are usually announced on the local news. I think it's a way for the county or city to bring more money in during a certain period.