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Municipal
Court
Resolving Traffic Tickets /
Fines and Payments / Court Issued Warrants
Defensive Driving - Driver Safety Course
Requirements / Accident Reports
Court-Issued Warrants
The Court will issue a warrant when:
- You
fail to make a plea to violations shown on your ticket
- You
fail to comply with the Orders of a Judge
- You
do not complete a payment plan or fail to make payments as promised.
Note: The Police
will not arrest you if you come to Court to pay a warrant!
Failure to Make a Plea
If you fail to make a plea to each violation on your ticket on or before the
appearance date shown on your ticket, the Court will:
- Issue
a warrant for your arrest.
- Add
a $50 warrant charge to your fine.
- File
a separate criminal charge of Violation of Promise to Appear with a fine of
$150 plus court cost.
- Renewal
of your driver’s license my also be denied with an additional $30.00 fee
to release hold.
Failure to Meet the Orders of a Judge
If you have appeared before a
judge and have agreed to a payment plan, community service or other judicial
orders, you must complete these orders as specified or a warrant will be issued
for your arrest.
Resolving a Warrant
Your warrant may be cancelled if you plead "no contest" or
"guilty" to the warrant charge and pay the fine. For
information on making payments and paying fines, click here.
If you want to plead Not Guilty to a charge after an arrest warrant has been
issued, you must post the required bond with the Dickinson Police Department
(you may be subject to an arrest and arrest record) and then obtain a Court
trial date. In certain hardship cases, a judge may waive the bond.
Getting Specific Information about Outstanding Warrants
To find out whether you have an outstanding warrant, you
may call our office at 281-337-6297 or speak to the warrant officer at
281-337-6349.
You will need
to know your driver's license number or ticket number to better expedite your
call. If your driver's license number contains an alphabetic character, you will
either need to come to the Court
office
at 1621
FM 517 East or speak with an operator to determine whether you have an outstanding warrant.
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