Warrant For Arrest

• Can I register/title/own a car if I have a warrant?

  There’s no law preventing you from registering, titling or owning a vehicle due to an existing arrest warrant. However, to do so could set you up for arrest. Every state Department of Motor ...

• Can I buy or sell a car if I have a warrant?

  There’s no law against this. However, if you sell the vehicle to an out of state buyer who, by law, must submit to a Vehicle Identification Number inspection, you will be exposing yourself to p...

• If I don’t show up in court on a traffic ticket, will a warrant be issued?

  Each county and municipality handles this differently. But, in most cases, the failure to appear in court will result in a warrant for your arrest and the suspension of your license. Law officials ...

• What is a warrant?

  If you are unsure whether there has been a warrant issued against you, you may want to run a criminal record check. From a legal sense, a warrant is a written document issued by a governing body th...

• Can I get a driver’s license if I have a warrant in another state?

  It’s unlikely. But, the answer depends on the severity of the circumstances involving your warrant, as well as how the driver’s license division of your new state views your warrant. Al...

• If I don’t pay my traffic ticket fines, will they issue a warrant?

  It depends on the county or municipality where your ticket was issued. In most cases, failure to pay will initiate a domino effect of legal hassles. Keep in mind that you’re not the first one t...

• Do I have a warrant?

  ... error or a similar unfortunate mistake. You may want to run a criminal record check to find out. Warrants are typically associated with serious offenses, such as being a suspect in a robbery or dri...

• Will I lose my CDL if I have a warrant?

  According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), you will be disqualified from holding a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) or a Hazardous Material Endorsement (HME)...

• Will it affect my driver’s license status if I have warrant?

  Yes, usually it will. But, it depends on the nature of your warrant, and how your state’s driver’s license division views your warrant. A warrant that triggers a license suspension in o...

• How can I avoid a DUI arrest?

  Besides the obvious answer of not putting yourself in jeopardy of this happening by refusing to drive with an elevated blood alcohol content (BAC) level, there's little you can do stop a DUI arrest fr...

• Is a DUI arrest possible if I pass a field sobriety test?

  Yes. A field sobriety test is far from a perfect measurement of whether you're guilty of drunk driving. So, even though you may perform well on the test, if the law enforcement officer overseeing it ...

• If I have warrants, will my drivers license be suspended?

  ...ants may not necessarily have anything to do with your driving record or your behavior on the road. For example, California is one of several states that will suspend your driver’s license if yo...

• Do outstanding warrants appear on my driving record?

  ...se program to prevent unsafe drivers from acquiring driver’s licenses in more than one state. Warrants for any reason – including unpaid child support, traffic violations or missing court ...

• Will I lose my drivers license immediately after getting a DUI violation?

  After being arrested for a DUI violation you, depending on your state, will be handed a notice of suspension that will serve as your temporary license. Each state has a different name for this. In Al...

• What if I miss my court date?

  ...d that your license can be affected even if you miss a court date unrelated to traffic infractions. For example, if you fail to appear in court for a paternity or child support hearing in Virginia, yo...

• Do non-driving related alcohol or drug-related offenses appear on my driving record?

  If you have an outstanding warrant for alcohol or drug-related offenses that have nothing to do with driving, it will appear on your national driving record. However, whether it appears on your stat...

• What does a Federal Bureau of Investigation background check typically contain?

  A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background check contains all data reported to the FBI by state and local law enforcement agencies, including each time an individual has been arrested or finge...

• How can I get my speeding fines reduced?

  ...ll allow you to defer judgment on a ticket if you keep your record clean for the next six months. For a minor infraction, traffic school is often the best way to get a speeding fine reduced or to ha...

• Does DUI punishment include mandatory jail time?

  Bear in mind that every state has different DUI or DWI policies. This means DUI punishment requirements vary by state. Some, for example, require community service, others don't. This difference also ...

• What information will show up from my criminal record when someone conducts a background check?

  ... a hiring decision varies from state-to-state. Arrest records are public records. Yet in states ... what convictions an employer can inquire about. For example, in California, an employer may not in...