Can I be arrested for a warrant I have in Texas if I am pulled over in Arizona?
October 12, 2008
I have a warrant for failure to pay a traffic violation fine. Untill I can afford to pay it I just want to know if I will get arrested here in Arizona. Also, would the warrant even show up in the cops database? Thanks for your help! By the way, would the airport catch the warrant if I travel? Sorry to ask so many questions Im just really nervous about this.
If you get pulled over in most states and they run your license then they will see any warrants. Most states in the US have a nation wide connection to the databases. With the exception of a couple of states that have not gotten on the nation wide connection most states can see if you have a warrent.
As for the airport, the only way they can see is if they have access to the database and run your drivers license.
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10 Responses to “Can I be arrested for a warrant I have in Texas if I am pulled over in Arizona?”
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Short answer – yes. It's a warrant and it is valid.
Long answer is – Only if it is "convenient" for them at the time.
They would have to transport you. Arizona to Texas isn't very far, so I'm guessing you should probably pay your ticket.
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I honestly don't know about the airport thing.
They don't tell us all of the security things they do these days.
My guess is, flying from state to state, it may not show up.
Again – just pay the ticket.
You'll sleep better.
You get pulled over, you are going to jail. Pay your fine!!!
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Come up with the money and get that paid if you can. Depending on the kind of traffic violation, you may have to go to court.
In this day and age of computers, get ready for something to happen if you get stopped. Many a person has been held in another state for an outstanding warrant.
And getting detained on a warrant will look worse on your record than if you just get it paid. Find a way to get the money and pay this off IF it can be paid off without a court appearance. Never let a ticket go unpaid ~ it only haunts you until you've done the honest thing and taken care of it 🙂
Good luck
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If you get pulled over in most states and they run your license then they will see any warrants. Most states in the US have a nation wide connection to the databases. With the exception of a couple of states that have not gotten on the nation wide connection most states can see if you have a warrent.
As for the airport, the only way they can see is if they have access to the database and run your drivers license.
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yes. Texas will enter their warrant in the national data base. If you get stopped in arizona, the cops will check, find the warrant and arrest you. After several days in jail., Texas will notify Arizona that they do not want you badly enough to extradict. Then you will be released until the next time you get pulled over, then you will be arrested and do it all again. This will go on forever, and Texas will never quash the warrant until you voluntarily return and take care of the charge.
Airlines do not check the data base, but if you travel internationally, there is a good chance you will get hooked up on the warrant.
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you just need to turn yourself in and pay your ticket..don't spend your days in terror
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There are 3 kinds of crimes.
Felonies, which go into a national database that is shared with all states.
Misdemeanors, which each state has enough of their own that they don't care about others. If another state FINDS OUT that one state is holding someone, they might request extradition, but the cost is more than the misdemeanor is worth.
Infractions, which comprises such small items as traffic tickets. The odds of any other state even being remotely concerned with an infraction from another state is infinitesimal. The sheer size of any database, even computer, to contain all the infractions of 50 states would make the NASA moon-landing look like a college experiment.
There are also various kinds of warrants. There are arrest warrants, calling for someone's arrest on the basis of a charge for a specific crime. And then there are bench warrants, issued by a judge in a particular court, for failure to comply with that court's business. And that's what kind of warrant is issued for failure to appear in a traffic violation.
Bottom line, you have about as much chance of being taken to jail in another state for not paying a traffic fine as I do of being crowned this year's Miss America. I don't care if the states are next door to each other.
Now, when you go BACK to Texas, well, that's a whole 'nother matter entirely.
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All warrants have Geographical limits on them yours would probably only be for the surrounding counties where you received the orignal ticket!~!
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YUP!
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You bet you can.
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