NOTICE OF WARRANT FOR ARREST
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NOTICE OF WARRANT FOR ARREST
I received a paper that stated a warrant was issued for my arrest for failure to appear and answer charges pending against myself in the city of Richardson. It states to either plead not guilty and post a bond of $400 and wait to be notified for court date or plead no contest or guilty and waiving my right to a trial by judge/jury and paying the fine of $250. If I pay the fine instead of the bond, will the warrant be dismissed or will it take for me to pay the bond for the warrant to get dismissed.
Asked on October 5, 2016 under Criminal Law, Texas
Answers:
B.H.F., Member, Texas State Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
When there is a warrant for your arrest, your basic rights are to know the nature of the charges and to have a reasonable bail set in your case.
With that in mind... it sounds like this a failure to appear warrant after some type of ticket offense. The county and district courts usually just arrest you and do not give you the option of paying a fine to avoid an arrest. If this is a JP or municipal warrant, call the clerk of the court and find out the local court's policies. Most will just let you pay the fine and they will then pull the warrant...and life goes on. A few will make you come it, take a trip to the jail... but most do not do that because they would rather not pay the jail for housing their inmates.
If you are going to contest the charges, then contact a bondsman and have them help you walk through the jail (i.e. do a quick turn bond). Thereafter, contact the court to get a new date set and then appear and present your defense.
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