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Old 11-01-2004, 12:15 PM
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Unpaid speeding tickets, warrant and re-entering the country


What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? CA and NJ

I had a speeding ticket in CA in late 1999 and had to move out of the country before I could take care of it. Then I returned in 2000 and had a speeding ticket in NJ. Again, I moved overseas and did not take care of this one either.
Now I plan to come back to the USA and wonder if I will be arrested. And what can I do to fix up those two probems.
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Old 11-01-2004, 12:32 PM
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Contact the courts involved and find out the total amounts owed. Then send them a certifed check or money order. Be sure to keep your receipts and have them send you a letter of release.

If you have a US driver's license check with the DMV and pay the fee to have it reinstated. They will need an original of the releases from each of the courts.
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Old 11-04-2004, 07:04 PM
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Contact the courts involved and find out the total amounts owed. Then send them a certifed check or money order. Be sure to keep your receipts and have them send you a letter of release.

If you have a US driver's license check with the DMV and pay the fee to have it reinstated. They will need an original of the releases from each of the courts.

Thank you for your advice. One more thing: Some of the research I made indicate that if one doesn't show up in court, the next step is that there is an warrant for my arrest. How does one fix that??? and how can I find out?
Part of my question that ties with the warrant was: can I re-enter the US without fear of being arrested?
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If you have a warrant for an FTA for a traffic offense in CA, you might be arrested if they run your name ... BUT, if it's only a local warrant (and it probably is) they won't find it. And I can guarantee that the issuing agency in CA is not going to extradite a traffic offender from some other state just so that they can give you another court date.

Though if you drive a car, you're probably gonna lose it.

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