statue of limitation on mis warrant

[Stump]

I thought only a felony conviction prevented that...
or is it violent felony convictions?

[Scruit]

Civil creditors will go away after a few years when they give up trying to collect - but a court-imposed fine/restitution doesn't, AFAIK. You're lucky they didn't impose a garnishment order (10% of your paycheck, stopped at the source and funneled through to the court). I don't know enough about your case to know if that was even an option for them, but for most is it.

If they issued a Bench Warrant then it is my understanding that they will not come looking for you, however if they bump into you (pulled over, etc) then you will be arrested when they run your license and find you have a warrant.

Also, if you make payment deal with the DA/court and keep up with your payments then the warrant will go away and you can drive past a police car without wondering if THIS is the cop that will drag your *** off to jail. If you don't deal with it then you'll prolly wind up in jail until you can find the full amount.

It's great that you are choosing to do something about this - follow through with it and you'll be much better off for your efforts.

[txinvestigator1]

Fluffi,

I write this not to chastise you but for all the other people who read this who may have an opportunity to learn something.

1. When a criminal court or criminal DA's office gives you a time table for paying a fine, taking a class or making restitution, you have that time to do it.

2. If you fail to follow the guidelines of #1, a warrant will be issued for your arrest.

3. It is no one elses responsibility to inform you that you failed to follow #1 or in any other way advise you that a warrant is issued.

4. Just because you get a license after the warrant was issued, get stopped by the police and not arrested, etc., does not mean that the warrant is invalid or has "gone away"

5. There is no statute of limitations on warrants. NONE

6. Nothing in the Criminal Justice System just "goes away". Take care of your business or be prepared to pay the consequences. NOBODY wants to go to jail, you cannot hide behind you kids, job, etc. Eventually you will comply or go to jail.

[Jynkxxie]

Thanks Tx,

Some of that I didn't know. But let me provide a story that may go well with the "get pulled over and not arrested".

Here, in Detroit...because there is so many people out there with warrents...and so few police....well they simply refuse sometimes to pick up a prisoner from a neighboring (sp) city on that warrant...Not saying all cases (I.E. Murder), however most departments (from what I have been told) refuse to even try to arrest someone who has a warrent out of Detroit because they know they are not gonna get picked up. So it is kinda pointless...So they get them on their own city ordinance violations....or just check them out period.

However about a month ago, my city picked up a guy that has a warrant out of Louisiana. And I can't remember what for...I don't think it was anything like murder...but they flew all the way up here to pick him up and make the transport....

So the moral of this story...is basically my agreement with what has been said...even though you get pulled over or picked up and nobody does anything about the warrant....you still have the warrant on you....and you never know when you will come in contact with a department...even the one that issued the warrant...and how serious they will be about holding you to it...It is your responsibility and even if you take the police out of this...think about how having this on your record could affect the other things in your life....

[fluffi]

thanks everyone for the advice. and i guess that is what i will do, call the DA and try to work out a payment plan. i do not have the money for bond, nor can i pay a lawyer. i can make small payments each month. how about the gun though, the paper i got from the FBI says i can contest the decission. if i take care of the warrant, can i get my gun out of pawn or because of this conviction can i not own a gun? i don't want to go through all the hassle of contesting if i have no chance. it probably just shows second degree felony not what it is for or maybe just felony, not sure. doesn't seem to me to be reason enough, but i don't know the law on this subject. i have already paid the pawn out, they are just holding the gun for me. can i sell it? not to them but someone else?

[txinvestigator1]

Under the provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), convicted felons and certain other persons are prohibited from possessing firearms. (See 18 U.S.C. section 922(g).) The GCA provides the Secretary of the Treasury with the authority to grant relief from this disability where the Secretary determines that the person is not likely to act in a manner dangerous to the public safety. (See 18 U.S.C. section 925(c).) The Secretary delegated this authority to ATF.

Since October 1992, however, ATF's annual appropriation has continuously prohibited the expending of any funds to investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities. This restriction is located in Pub. L. No. 107-67, 115 Stat. 514, which contains ATF appropriations for fiscal year 2002. As long as this provision is included in current ATF appropriations, the Bureau cannot act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities submitted by individuals. Consequently, we cannot entertain any individual's request for firearms restoration while this prohibition on the processing of such applications remains in place.

Furthermore, the restriction contained in Pub. L. No. 107-67 does not change the status of prohibited persons. They are still prohibited from possessing, receiving, transporting, or shipping firearms under Federal law.