Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

I have a lot of unpaid tickets and failures to appear after signing a written promise, due to the fact that I spent most of my teenage years and all of my adulthood living a vagabond lifestyle of traveling by freight train around the country. I have never been to prison, nor am I a felon. in the last year, things have changed, I had my first son, got married, am working a steady job, paying off any debt to society I can. I know I have failures to appear in CA, OR, WA, TX, IL, AZ, and WY, at least that I can recall. they range from small infringements to misdemeanors, like open container and trespassing on railroad property. someday, I would like to legally purchase a firearm, and i'm pretty sure I have to take care of this stuff first. any advice that would lead me in the right direction is much appreciated, thanks


Asked on 2/10/13, 2:58 am

3 Answers from Attorneys
Kelvin Green The Law Office of Kelvin Green

The only way to resolve these would be to contact each jurisdiction and attempt to resolve it....or hire an attorney in an attempt to resolve these...

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Answered on 2/10/13, 7:24 am
Joe Dane Law Office of Joe Dane

Kudos for wanting to clean things up, but you've got a lot ahead if you to truly fix these.

The warrants are likely to be holding you up from getting a valid drivers license, so unfortunately all of them will have to be cleared. I'd start with a local criminal defense attorney for a face to face consultation.

Please pardon any typos - posted via mobile device.

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Answered on 2/10/13, 8:17 am
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

every warrant requires you to go and appear in the court that issued it. Tell you redemption story, beg for mercy, and hope for nothing more than fines. As long as they are misdemeanors, you can hire an attorney to appear without you, if you are willing to pay the fees. If so, and if any are in SoCal, I'll be happy to help you. Having an attorney appear, MAY get to court to go lighter on you, since it shows you are serious,and that cost you money.

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Answered on 2/11/13, 5:07 pm


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