law enforcement officers coming to my home to bring me in on a warrant issued over  failure to appear- traffic
466278
You sure you have a warrant in the first place?  Minor violations like those are usually handled just by having DMV suspend your license until you take care of them.  \n\nEven if you have a warrant, I can't imagine it's not going to be citable...meaning the cops could just give you a ticket for it and call it good, then you'd have a new appearance date for court and the warrant is gone.\n\nBut again - I'd be surprised if you even have one, and I'd be even more surprised if the cops cared enough to come look you up, no matter who rats you out...this should be a really minor warrant, unless they take those things *awfully* serious up there in Tahoe.\n\nI'll contact you off-line regarding some other information.
396651
There has to be probably cause to raid the house.  If an officer observes and illegal act through a window he can enter without a warrant.  If he only suspects illegal activity but has no patent proof he cannot enter the residence.\n\nOhio recently had a case that changed our law.  Under old rules if there were multiple leasees and one agreed to a search it was okay to search.  Now everyone must agree to the search, if one says no then the search is illegal.
972321
Typically, they will have no idea that you have a warrant.  When getting a license they do not run a criminal history check on you. However, and this is the catcher, if your license has been suspended for failure to pay a fine, or failure to appear, rest assured they will check to see if the situation has been remedied.
815072
Depends on the state.  \nWarrants can be from many agencies-- we don't have some sheriff warrants on or system- there is certain criteria that the warrant has to meet in order to be entered statewide, citywide, county wide or nation wide. \n\nMy telling you that criteria would constitute a violation - so that's all the info ya' get. \n\n:)
842058
It's called Failure to Appear and the result is quite simply that a bench warrant is issued for you.  If it's a big city, chances are they won't come looking for you at your house, but if you get pulled over for any reason and they run your license, you'll be arrested on the spot and then things get much worse.  I missed my court date for littering in college (just forgot all about it) and they came to my dorm and arrested me.  They let me go once we got the jail and it was a smaller city, but they did come to me, so it's really hard to say.\n\nIf you missed your date, call them - get it taken care of.
9947
Usually a "failure to appear" warrant will not result in jail time unless you have many prior failure to appears and they can show a pattern or if the failure to appear is on a serious felony crime or a crime in witch you are out on bail. Now either way it will be better for you to turn yourself in. However do not turn yourself in on a friday as this may result in sitting in jail until monday. Also I would call the court clerk and try to reschedule an appearance before I turned my self in to show that you did make an effort. Oh yea it is also bad if the appearance is for sentencing. They really frown on ditching accountability. In addition by turning yourself in you avoid all the hassle of having your car towed away and impounded if you are pulled over while drving. Don't panic! Especially if this is a minor offense. The courts and jails are so jammed up with truly bad people they have no time or room to lock people up for minor offenses. Even if it seems really bad to you. I assume that it is minor because you don't seem to have much experience dealing with the law. I personally have been pulled over with a valid warrant and the officer just cited and released me. However I have also seen people get hauled in friday night and have to wait til the offices open up Monday morning to be released with nothing more than a new court date. Anyways good luck and stay low until Monday.
405856
Call the police.  You may not want to tell them its you.  Pretend you are calling to try to get someone thrown in jail.  Or have someone call on your behalf.  They can tell you if there is a warrant.
745397
She screwed up by allowing the search.\nAny time a policeman enters your home anything laying out in the open is subject to seizure and you are subject to arrest for it.\n\nUnder no circumstance do you ever allow a policeman to walk into your residence without a search warrant.The warrant will state exactly what the law is looking for,then they can not touch anything except what is listed in the warrant.If they do see something illegal,they can go and get another warrant and come back.\n\nBut never,ever let a cop in your house unless of course it's an emergency.
1108281
If you are summoned to court (in Michigan as in all the states I lived in a traffic ticket is considered a summons), and if you fail to appear and a warrant is issued, the court levies  in addition to the fines, charages  a warrant fee.\n\nIn addition, in 2004, there was legislation that increase fees that, includes $10.00 for a  "Child Support Bench Warrant Enforcement Fund".\n\nFor example in Lansing, MI, it is $30.
336438
Depends. Was this the 1st appearance? If so, then the cop had no idea you planned on contesting the ticket, and it is perfectly legal to allow the courts to give notice to the cop in order to get him to appear... But, if he doesnt appear at the trial date (May 17), then you get dismissed. \n\nIve gotten 26 tickets in my life, and only three have ever appeared on my record. If you know the laws and know what questions tto ask WHILE BEING TICKETED, you can beat almost anything they give you. If you'd like, youre welcome to email me and explain the situation completely, and Ill see if there is anything I can tell you that will assist in your defense. I love making cops look stupid in court!
386117
There are several things going on here. First, there is no "Debtor's Prison" in America, although there are ways to end up in jail by purposely avoiding debts or refusing to pay legitimate debts and breaking other laws, like hiding your money in offshore accounts and not reporting it.\n\nIf police come to your door, you should never, ever open it until they produce the warrant and allow you to see it through the peephole or whatever. Usually, they "claim" to have a warrant, but rarely do they have one when they're on your porch; they get one later, which of course, is against the law. \n\nSince you've been in jail and been thru the system, you probably know the police break more laws than any criminal ever thought about, and the police do it every day. They have complete disregard for the law, because they are above the law and nearly beyond prosecution for something petty, like the manner of arrest (unless they get caught on video, like the Rodney King beating).\n\nThe police never come alone, so they have more witnesses than you do, and all of them will swear in court they had a warrant if you didn't check beforehand. \n\nThey will have to have "exigent" circumstances to break your door down and come get you. They don't like to do that and create a bunch of nasty evidence of their violence and obrusive nature, so they will usually just stake out your house and wait for you to come out. Either way, you would have to deal with it. Now that it's in the past, it's a done deal, unless you had a camera pointed at them.\n\nLive and learn and go on; try to put it behind you. You can't beat them anyway on such a flimsy thing that they deal with all of the time.
1171848
Call the local PD, Sheriff's Office or state police post and ask them if you have any.  Sheriff's usually serve warrants where I am, so start there.  Then ask them if you can take care of it by turning yourself in or if you can just show up to court on the next court day to resolve it.  Then stop breaking the law.
1125671
This would depend upon the jurisdiction in which you were to attend court.  In most jurisdictions, a bench warrant is issued by a judge to command the attendance of a person wanted before the court after that person has already failed once to appear.  The usual consequences would be that any law enforcement officer who found you would physically bring you (physically restrained, if need be) before the judge who issued the warrant so that the judge could deal both with your failure to appear, and the underlying matter for which you should have appeared.  In many jurisdictions, if you learn that there is a bench warrant out for you, you can contact the court clerk and make arrangements for your voluntary appearance before the judge, rather than waiting until a law enforcement officer catches up with you.
720266
Call the police department ware you think they got picked up at and ask if they have any outstanding warrants!!
57158
I don't think so...but if get stopped again then there yes they will arrest you..but you should go back home and present yourself and try to fix all that..:)
127810
Contact the court and have the hearing rescheduled.  They might have a warrant for your arrest.  But if you show up in court and just get a fine, they will quash the warrant after the hearing.
691537
If contraband was found during a search....you or the person who was in the home or vehicle should have been charged and arrested then....\n\nWhat was the reason for the search? Was a search warrant issued at the time by a judge? Did the police tell you that they had found what they were looking for in your immediate area?\n\nThis story sounds a little iffy....Give more input and maybe I can give you an opion....\n\nTechnically...if you were not arrested at the time of the search..you can go wherever you want.....you were not arrested at the time....and the police did not tell you not to leave town....