Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: warrant

Thank you for your posting on LawGuru.com, and the opportunity for me to help you by responding to your posting.

The answer to your question is made slightly more difficult in that Los Angeles County doesn't make it easy to check to see if you have a warrant. If you have a case number, you can sign up for an online account through the court's website, at http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/. The court requires you to sign up for an account, and post a credit card, which it charges for any searches. The LA Sheriff's Department, unfortunately, will not search for you, unless it's a felony warrant for your arrest.

Another way to handle this is to show up at any courthouse in Los Angeles county. There may also be a search fee, or a printout fee, but if you don't know your case number, sometimes this is fastest and even cheapest. The court clerk can search using your name, date of birth, and driver's license number, and tell you if a warrant is outstanding, and out of which court.

I often am in Los Angeles County courts, and do these types of searches for clients, so that I can help them clear up warrants with a minimum of inconvenience.

I hope this helps. If you do have other questions, feel that you need legal representation, or want legal advice, please feel free to email me directly at [email protected]. It's my pleasure to help in any way that I can. Thank you.

Re: warrant

There is no easy way to find out for certain that a warrant is oustanding, but a series of calls to various agencies can generally determine whether one exists or not. Usually the best way to do that is to consult with a criminal lawyer who knows which agencies to call and what questions to ask. If you'd like to discuss this with me, don't hesitate to contact me, including over this weekend. Good luck. Steve Mandell

Re: warrant

You could risk going to the court that had your case and check with the clerk's office, but if you do, you'll likely be arrested. Call them and see if you can get an answer. You have a warrant if you didn't appear on a case, or didn't do everything ordered in a plea bargain. There isn't much doubt, you either did or didn't. If you have a warrant, your safest bet is to have an attorney go to court with you to handle the warrant and the underlying case.

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Feel free to contact me if you want counsel to go to court with you. You could risk going to the court that had your case and check with the clerk's office, but if you do, you'll likely be arrested. Call them and see if you can get an answer. You have a warrant if you didn't appear on a case, or didn't do everything ordered in a plea bargain. There isn't much doubt, you either did or didn't. If you have a warrant, your safest bet is to have an attorney go to court with you to handle the warrant and the underlying case.