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5 warrents in texas, moving to flordia what to do??

My boyfriend has 5 warrents out standing in three different counties:1 hot check & theft of proporty(unreturned video games)about 5-6 years ago, 1 hot check about 2-3 years ago, and no insurance and speeding about 1 1/2 year ago. His lincence is also suspended for what is believes is the 6 year old, but he doesn't know for sure just that it is suspended. We are going to be moving to flordia in a couple of days and there is no way that we can take care of this before we leave, and it will probaly be at least a month or 2 before we could come up with that kind of money.All togather he owes about $1500 in fines. What I need to know is what is going to be the best thing we can do in order to resolve this without him having to serve jail time? And if we were to get pulled over or something along the way or once we got there would he be exstridited back to texas or held there or released???and finally should he even try to get a flordia ID when we get there of is he going to be arrested on the spot??


Asked on 12/17/02, 5:56 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Eric Dirga Eric J. Dirga, PA

Re: 5 warrents in texas, moving to flordia what to do??

Do you really need me to answer this for you?? It is irresponsible to have let things go for so long. You say you don't have time to address them but it has been 6 years! If you get pulled over and law enforcement knows of the warrants then he will be arrested and put in jail wherever it was that he was arrested. Next, he may be extradited to Texas, or Texas may say (after 30 or so days in jail) that they don't want to spend the money to bring him back - released. He travels on his way and gets stopped again. Bam, arrested, and we repeat the whole thing over.

Best thing to do. Pay off all fines owed. You should be able to do this through the mail using MONEY ORDERS - most courts don't take personal checks. Next, he need to hire an attorney. Next, he will need to travel back to Texas and, coordinating with his attorney, turn himself in and face reality instead of running from it. Can he stay out of jail - NO. At some point he will either get picked up or he will have to turn himself in. If he hopes to be able to bond out he needs to seriously consider turning himself in. However, there are no guarantees that a judge will give him a bond.

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Answered on 12/17/02, 3:08 pm


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