Options for Resolving an Outstanding Warrant in Florida

Описание: If you are worried that you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, there are many ways we can help. Give us a call so we can confirm that an active warrant has been issued.

We can determine if your warrant has a “no bond” status, or if the judge set a bond amount that you can post in order to secure your release in the even that you are arrested.

Our criminal defense lawyers will be able to confirm the specific criminal charge associated with your warrant or whether the warrant was issued because of a violation of probation.
At this point, we can evaluate the best strategy to dispose of your warrant. If you reside in Florida, there are three different options.

Option number one is the most expensive and it is often cost prohibitive. Under option number one, you would simply take the cash amount of your bond to the Pinellas County Jail and this would secure your immediate release.

Option number two, involves hiring the services of a bail bondsman. The bail bondsman will charge you a non-refundable fee that is equivalent to at least 10% of the total bond amount. The bondsman then posts the entire bond on your behalf to get you out of custody.

Your third option is to have us file legal pleadings on your behalf and to schedule a hearing before the judge. For example, a “motion to surrender and to set or reduce bond.” In the alternative, we can file a motion for “release on your own recognizance,” otherwise known as an “ROR.”

An ROR is simply your “promise” to appear for all future court appearances, without the need for you to post a cash bond or to incur the expense of hiring a bail bondsman. We can coordinate a date for you to appear before the judge and then ask the judge to set a low bond amount or to release you on ROR.

Of course, when you show up, having hired an attorney and appearing voluntarily before the court to deal with the outstanding warrant, you gain enormous credibility with the judge. For if you intended to flee or otherwise evade the warrant, you certainly would not have hired a lawyer and then voluntarily appeared in court.

Keep in mind that an arrest warrant for a “new charge” or a “failure to appear” will normally carry a set bond amount. In other words, you know “up front” what the amount is to secure your release from the jail. Although a misdemeanor violation of probation warrant will usually have a bond amount pre-assigned, warrants that are associated with a “felony” violation of probation typically carry a “no bond” status. What that means, is that even if you were a wealthy individual, the “no bond” status associated with your felony violation of probation warrant, prevents you from bonding out of jail at “any” price.

In order for us to solve the “no bond” obstacle, we need to schedule a hearing before the judge. At that hearing, we can argue that it is appropriate for a reasonable bond to be set, or that you should be released on ROR for your felony violation of Probation case.

If you live outside of Florida, it may be possible for us to have your warrant withdrawn without the need for you to return to Pinellas County.

If you have an outstanding warrant, it is never going to just “go away.” In fact, time is of the essence. Getting arrested at home in front of family members, or in the work place in the presence of co-workers can be an extremely embarrassing situation. It makes good sense to have your lawyer take care of the warrant “before” you are arrested by a law enforcement officer. Why appear in front of the judge as a “captured fugitive,” when you can gain enormous credibility and the potential for leniency by taking a proactive approach to get the warrant withdrawn?

Call our office today and we will discuss your options, right over the phone.

727-578-0303