Re: bad check warrents

Posted by Anonymous Officer on February 16, 2002 at 00:02:47:

In Reply to: bad check warrents posted by check on February 15, 2002 at 16:49:10:

The warrant has to be issued before the SOL runs out - if you wrote the check in 1999 you have 7 years from the date (depending on the state) and they can have a warrant issued. The warrant will not show up on a criminal history check (normally isnt entered into the NCIC until conviction). However, IF a warrant has been issued for you and you are stopped by a law enforcement officer (for any reason - speeding, etc) and he runs a want/warrant check - which is routine - chances are you will spend the night in jail. Best thing to do is to contact the victim (whoever you wrote the checks to) and ask them if you have a returned check - they just want their money. In some cases, even if they did have a warrant issued, they will agree to dismiss it if you pay the amount due plus a returned check fee and court costs that they paid to have the warrant issued.

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