If you have a warrant for your arrest in chicago..does that mean you have a warrant for your arrest..?
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The enforcement boundaries of an arrest warrant are set by the judge who issues the warrant. When a warrant is issued the judge determines how and if it will be enterd into the national tracking system or local only. The national system is called (NCIC) National Crime Information Center. Generally there are 4 ways a warrant is entered into the (NCIC) National Crime Information Center\n\n1.) Local only - This is generally a county or parrish only warrant and any person stopped outside of that jurisdiction may or may not have the warrant event show up when their name is checked. \n\n2.) State wide - This warrant for purposes of being arrested applies only to the boundariies of the state it was issued in and any jurisdiction contained within that state.\n\n3.) Regional - The (NCIC) breaks the united states up into regions i.e. - South East, North East, Mid West etc. etc. - each region generally includes 3 to 6 states that are geographically close and each region is numbered (I think there are 8 regions but i am not sure on that part)\n\n4.) National - In this case the power of the warrant to cause an arrest is anywhere within the U.S. boundaries.\n\nGeneral procedure would be as follows: A person is contacted by law enforcement for X reason, a name check is conducted through the state and national criminal information systems. If a warrant for arrest exists for that person they are generally detained at that point in handcuffs and a patrol vehicle pending 'confirmation' of the warrant and 'extradition' instructions. If a warrant is for nation wide pick-up or any other geographical area that the subject is within at time of detention then upon recieving notification that the warrant is still active the subject will be advised they are under arrest and will be taken to the nearest holding facility to be held until returned to the jurisdiction that issued the warrant. If a subject has a warrant but they are outside of the boundaries set by the issuing authority at the time of detention, then they will be released so long as no other criminal charges cause an arrest. They are normally advised of the warrants existence though and advised to get it resolved.
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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.
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Of course you have a right to know why. If I was in your situation, I would call the office of the prosecutor who issued to warrant. Inform them who you are, ask why there is a warrant out for your arrest, and arrange a time for you to turn yourself in. It may be something as simple as an unpaid ticket, then they will just want their money and will probably let you go, if it's something more serious, you can decide whether you need to bring a lawyer with you (which you should if they are arresting you). It will look good to the judge if you are willing to face the charges rather then them having to look for you, besides, I wouldn't want a warrant for my arrest hanging over my head. Good luck.
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A bench warrant will be issued for your arrest. While the PD won't actively pursue it, getting pulled over for a traffic violation becomes a major problem. So go do it - not because of the arrest factor but because it's your duty as a US citizen. We're entitled to a trial by a jury of our peers. You wouldn't want your peers skipping out if god forbid, you were on trial!
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Go to any police station and ask them to run your name for warrants.  Bring a toothbrush.
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You'll have to find out if you're driver's license is under suspension.  They usually do that if there's a warrant.  If you don't drive then there are two things that you can do.  1.)  Think.  Why would there be a warrant for your arrest?  If you can think of even one answer then, there probably is.  2.)  Call the damn station but,it's always best to use a public phone outside of the area in which you reside (I have no idea what the hell you did).  If the officer tells you that you'll have to come in for that info, be suspicious.  If you do have a warrant, let them take you in whenever you get bored on the outside.  And, don't sign a f*****g thing until you read it.
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If you are not the person listed, they will not give you warrant info over the phone.\n\nThe sheriff office may not be the ones doing it,  were they sheriff officers,  or where they county marshals or city police officers, or state police officers.
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Contact your local law authorities.  If information regarding arrest warrants are open to public knowledge, then they'd most likely be able to tell you.  Also, if this person is a FRIEND, it would seem you should be able to feel "free" (no pun intended, really) to just ask THEM.  Perhaps, if you already have, maybe you're doubting their answer.  Be careful.  Don't get yourself caught up in the middle of any foolishness.  Take care.
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It means that the district attorney has bypassed the magistrate and directly persued charges on him.  Functionally, it doesn;t mean anything different from a normal warrant/charge.  In my experience though, direct indictments tend to be a little more sound.
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It depends on why you are there. If you are there because the state vs. you then you then a bench warrant could be issued for your arrest. Same thing goes if you are on jury duty or if you have been subpoenaed. If you are there just watching, then notthing. You can leave if you want.
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I still don't get this question.  So many people ask it, and I don't get why you don't know if you have a warrant.  At least you spelled it correctly.  \n\nAnyway, the advice here so far isn't all bad.  However, calling the cops is probably not going to work for you - we don't release that over the phone, and I doubt most places do.\n\nDepending on the nature of the warrant, it may not be in "the" computer, so it's not necessarily true that you can ask any cop.  \n\nIf you're interested in getting it taken care of, you can walk into any law enforcement agency in San Bernardino County and throw yourself on their mercy.  If you have a warrant, they will know...and of course, you might well get arrested.\n\nThe "safer" option is to call any court in San Bernardino County.  Court records are almost always public documents, and if you can actually get to talk to a real person, they should be able to tell you if you have an outstanding warrant in some criminal case in that county.\n\nYou could show up at any court house in the county and ask, but there's a small chance they would call the coppers on you.  In my experience the courts don't generally do that, but you never know down there.\n\nAnd the news isn't all bad...depending on the warrant, it's quite possible you would be cited to appear at another date, rather than being booked into jail.
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Well, I'm not entirely clear on just what the heck your question means.  Let me see if I can make it straight in my own head:\n\nYou got arrested based on an arrest warrant.  Evidently, you had something on you that was discovered by the police which has now become the subject of criminal prosecution, or you wouldn't care about how to challenge the warrant. \n\nYou didn't like getting arrested and having the cops find something on you that got you into more trouble, so you'd like to know how to challenge the original information that brought about the warrant that got you arrested and searched that resulted in the discovery of something you shouldn't have...right?\n\nPains me to help people like you.  Probably why I'm not a defense attorney.\n\nNow - you didn't define "illegal information," so I have no idea what that means and it's very important.  If you mean information that was illegally obtained (an unlawful wiretap by the government, for example), you challenge that by pointing out the wiretap was illegal, so the warrant was illegal, so the arrest was bad, so I shouldn't have had my dope taken away from me.  But...YOU don't challenge that, you pay an attorney to challenge it for you, because the attorney will have all the facts known to everybody at their disposal and can make intelligent decisions.  Nobody here can help you with that.\n\nSo illegally-obtained information is one thing.  Might be real clear when a judge sees what went on that the warrant shouldn't have been issued, might not be.  But you are asking about "illegal information" without explaining what that is.  I gotta say, without knowing what you're talking about, I can't give you a better answer than I already have.  People without legal training and experience often think things are legal or illegal based on what they read in the paper, see on TV, or watch in the movies...and it's often VERY different in reality.\n\nIf you want better answers, post the state you are in, and explain the "illegal information" business.\n\nEDIT 3/5/06:\n\nA law student doing legal research on Yahoo!Answers.  \n\nOkay.
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A search warrant! they might say probable cause but is just to get them in the door! the constitution of the united states tells about unlawful search and seazure. Hope I spelled that last word right!
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No, a search warrant can only be granted for felonies.  An exception to this would be a search-incident-to-arrest.  But, the police cannot obtain a search warrant to search for evidence of a misdemeanor.\n\nLet me qualify with the majority approach.\n\nProbable cause exists where the facts and circumstances within the officers' knowledge and of which they have reasonably trustworthy information are sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that evidence subject to seizure will be found in the place to be searched.\n\nEvidence subject to seizure is evidence of an offense.  \n\nOf course, the search warrant must be granted by a neutral magistrate after all of the other warrant requirements are met.  Whether a magistrate would grant a search warrant for a misdemeanor is another question.  It will depend on the jurisdiction.  But, as the other answers are indicating, the majority seems to be that any crime will satisfy the probable cause requirement of a warrant.
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They can. They will most likely issue a bench warrant for your arrest.\nWhether they come looking for you is the issue then. usually they don't even bother. However, if you get pulled over again with a bench warrant, it is straight to jail until the judge can see you at HIS convenience.\nThere are cases where they show up at your workplace and get you. they don't like it when you waste their time.Plus, to top it off, you have to pay to have the warrant removed, pay the ticket, and pay the failure to appear fine.\nNot worth it, just go!!!
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Let me make this clear:  \n\nAn arrest is when you believe your rights and priviledges as a citizen have been taken away on the grounds the police officer tells you.  He needs to touch you, tell you the offence you commited, place you under arrest and read you your rights.  That is an arrest.\n\nA citation or ticket, is a fine that you get, also on the ticket is a summons for you to appear in court.  At this level of "arrest" the traffic officer/street officer has the powers to release you on his own.  When you are arrested on any other type of offence where you cannot be fined or given a summons to appear in court, you have to be seized and brought "down town" and a senior officer in the department is the only one with the authority to release you from an arrest.\n\nAll cops have the same powers to arrest but not all cops have the same powers of releasing an arrested individual.  \n\nWhen you are arrested you're pretty much in the custody of the police officer.  \n\nDo you believe you should have been given a citation instead?  The cop would say, he didn't think so.\n\nShould you have been given a citation?  The cop could argue that and say you needed to be arrested.\n\nWhen you are arrested, you should not speak, follow the rights the cops read to you, and make your first call as soon as possible and contact a lawyer he'll argue about what should have been done regarding the arrest for you if applicable.
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Well, most individuals can't press charges, and if they are able, like in Mass for some things, then a judge issues an order for you too show up for a preliminary hearing.\n\nUsually police can get a warrant, but there has to be an affidavit supporting the warrant and a charge submitted to the court of jurisdiction in order to get one issued.!!\n\nMuch of this has a Constitutional basis!