Issue link: https://read.dmtmag.com/i/333461
Law 101
Trucking
by Jim C. Klepper - Attorney at Law
800-333-DRIVE
www.interstatetrucker.com
www.driverslegalplan.com
26 www.studentdriverplacement.com July '14
Bench Warrants
M
y wife just called me and told me
that I have a bench warrant out
for me! Holy Cow, how serious
is this and what should I do?
– Charles E.
Bench warrants are ordered by a judge
against the defendant in a criminal case or
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before him on their scheduled court date,
and yes a bench warrant is an arrest war-
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bench warrant for the defendant or he can
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dant.
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if they have an interaction with you such
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accident and it is not your fault. An arrest
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will actively hunt you down and arrest you.
The arrest warrant is usually reserved for
the more serious criminal cases. Judges
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to bring the defendant in on a bench war-
rant usually after the defendant has failed
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of this is the old story of the driver with a
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the court.
Anytime your name is added to the war-
rant database, that information is available
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in that state. The reason they do that is so
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see if you have any warrants or other is-
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they get notice you have a warrant – yes,
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in. The good news is that sometimes the
warrant is from another jurisdiction and that
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not allow you to go free. If the crime is big
enough they will surely come get you.
Bench warrants are a courts way of get-
ting your attention and collecting their mon-
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