Warrants For Past Due Tickets

Warrants can be issued for any type of ticket that has gone past the appearance date listed on the citation.  Once a warrant has been issued, there is really only one way to remove the warrant without causing serious harm to the criminal record of that person.  This page is dedicated to helping those that have warrants now outstanding for ticket in the Dallas area.  The Beltz law firm has an experienced team of attorneys ready to help you lift your warrants and protect your record from a conviction.  Call the lawyers at the Beltz Law Firm to get your warrants lifted today.

How Warrants Are Removed For Tickets

Warrants can be recalled by our lawyers at The Beltz Law Firm by filing an appearance bond.  Appearance bonds are basically written promises made to the court that our ticket attorneys will appear on your behalf to all new court settings.  If the promise is broken, then the attorney can be sued for a civil judgment in the amount of the bond posted.

Hire A Lawyer For Warrants In North Texas

Here is a problem that every day ordinary people deal with all the time. They are too busy! Too busy to get their oil changed, too busy to get groceries, too busy to go to court and make the appearance date on the back of the ticket that was listed in 8pt font so that you couldn’t read it to begin with. We understand all of this.

We also understand that municipalities give less and less time to make the appearance before they put your case into warrant status. For instance some courts only allow 10 days to appear on a traffic citation before they issue a second ticket for “violation of promise to appear” (VPTA’s for short) and put both the original citation and the new ticket in warrant. Even worse, if you have multiple traffic citations on the same ticket and miss the appearance date listed on the traffic ticket, the court could issue multiple VPTA’s and warrants. The new VPTA ticket could cost you up to $600.00 in some courts if it is not dismissed. If you think this practice is unfair, you are preaching to the choir. If you have concerns about hiring an attorney to help you lift your traffic ticket warrants, read below to understand the difference between lifting the warrants yourself and retaining a traffic ticket lawyer to help you lift the warrants.

I Want to Save Money. Can I lift my Traffic Ticket Warrants without Having to Hire an Attorney?

Here are the two options a person has if they want to represent themselves to dispose of the traffic ticket warrants:

1.  Post a Cash Bond – This means you will have to post the full amount of the traffic ticket (usually $300 to $500 per traffic ticket) and you will have to appear in court. That is right! You will have to take off work at least one day (and maybe more) to appear before the judge of the court and explain why you missed your court date and why he should allow you to keep the traffic citations off your record. Further, you stand the risk of losing all the cash you posted towards the fines assessed for your original traffic tickets.

2.  Time Served – Sit in jail. This is usually done when you get pulled over with outstanding warrants for traffic tickets and the officer chooses to arrest you on site. Once you have served enough time in jail for your traffic tickets, the judge can grant you time served to resolve the matter. The problem with this method is that time served is the same as pleading guilty to the underlying traffic tickets. This means that they will go on your record and be reported to DPS. Once they are reported to DPS, this agency can then assess civil penalties depending on the traffic tickets that were issued and you have to pay for your traffic tickets all over again! Time served is the least beneficial way to take care of most traffic citations in a post-surcharge era.

The bottom line is that warrants and fees for traffic tickets can easily surpass a month’s worth of paychecks if you are not careful. But even if you currently have traffic ticket warrants we can help you get out of this vicious cycle by posting an attorney’s bond which will lift the traffic ticket warrants and to represent you on the underlying traffic offenses.

Getting A Warrant Lifted

Use our attorneys to get your warrants removed. Our fee for posting an attorney bond to lift warrants on traffic tickets are normally substantially less than you would have to pay if you posted the cash bond discussed earlier on this page. Further, the fee paid to our office includes representation at the first pre-trial hearing that the court sets after the warrant is lifted. In most cases, this means that you will normally not have to appear in court after we lift the warrants for traffic tickets.

Remember that once the warrants for traffic tickets have been lifted we still have the opportunity to review your citations to determine if there is any legal reason to have the traffic tickets dismissed. Dismissal of your traffic tickets most certainly would not be an option given to you if you posted cash bonds and chose to represent yourself for your traffic tickets. The prosecutor is not there to be your friend in that situation. They are there to (1) get a conviction or plea and (2) insure that the cash bond is applied to the fine amounts owed.

Why You Can’t Just Pay For The Tickets

Paying off old tickets that are in warrant causes a conviction on your record.  If it wasn’t for this, you could simply pay off old tickets.  But because ticket payments cause convictions, you have to avoid taking this action when a case goes into warrant.  The only real way to protect your record and remove a warrant is to have an attorney lift the warrant and go back to court for you at a later date.

Does Hiring A Lawyer Mean My Ticket Will Be Dismissed?

Just because you hire an attorney to recall your warrants, does not mean your case will be dismissed.  But it does mean that you will have the opportunity to protect your permanent record.  Whether the case be for an assault or traffic ticket, the consequences of a conviction on your record can be serious.  Our ticket attorneys have seen convictions for tickets cause a person to lose their job, driver license and even their immigration status.  This is why you want to hire a lawyer to remove warrants for old tickets.  Even if your ticket isn’t dismissed, it still gives you a fighting chance to protect your record.

What Is The Next Step?

Look, we know that if you are reading this page that you need help. We also know that being arrested for traffic ticket warrants can cause a person to lose money, time and sometimes even their job. Don’t let it get that far! Call a traffic ticket lawyer experienced in handling warrants for traffic tickets. Do not risk going to jail for something we can easily handle for you. If we are hired we can guarantee the following for all traffic ticket warrants we are retained for:

1. The warrants lifted for all traffic citations we are retained for;
2. The attorney will appear and represent you at the first pre-trial hearing or docket setting once the warrant is lifted;
3. You will always get sound legal advice with regard to the underlying offenses that went into warrant status;
4. Your case will be reviewed for potential dismissal of your tickets; and
5. The best possible outcome will be achieved for your individual case based on the facts and circumstances of each traffic ticket that was in warrant.