Active Bench Warrant
Sheriff s active bench warrants.
Active bench warrant. Active warrants are a high priority and of grave concern to law enforcement. If you have an outstanding warrant for arrest or have received a summons to appear in court you will face escalating penalties for failing to appear. A bench warrant is generally issued because a person failed to appear in court violated probation failed to pay a court ordered fine or failed to complete community service or pay child support. There are more than 33 000 outstanding bench warrants across the country with one dating back over 50 years.
A bench warrant is also issued when an indictment which is a written accusation of a person s guilt for an act or omission is handed down. Bench warrants can be active for decades before a person finds out. A third instance where a bench warrant is issued is to obtain a witness who disobeys a subpoena which is a command to appear at a specified time and place to present testimony upon a certain matter. New stats show 30 500 of those bench warrants were over six months old while more t.
A bench warrant is issued by a judge and directs the police to take the person who is named in the warrant into custody and before the court. These warrants can be issued in response to a child abduction a kidnapping a homicide or an armed bank robbery. According to virginia commonwealth university s criminal justice professor matthew. Because bench warrants can remain active for long periods of time it is best to make a court appearance and pay any associated fees as soon as you learn that you re the subject of a warrant.