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Statute of Limitations on Traffic Tickets

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puppymaster2002

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What is the name of your state? Texas
I have 2 tickets from 1995 & one from 1998. Is there a statute of limitations on traffic tickets. The 2 from 95 are for speeding and one is with no liability insurance also. The one from 98 is for altered inspection sticker, and no liabilty insurance. All three are now warrants for failure to appear. :confused:
 


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krispenstpeter

Guest
The tickets AND the warrants NEVER expire.

so start looking over your shoulder. You're a criminal.
 

lwpat

Senior Member
I imagine that your driver's license has also been suspended. If you are stopped you can expect a trip to the local jail.
 
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winman302

Guest
If you have a speeding ticket that you didn't pay, then you pay it years later, do you still have a warrant in that state?
 
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Meursault

Guest
before you get an answer to your question you need to post your own thread. What you just did is called hijacking and it results in no answers to you simply because it causes confusion to the original poster.
 

riceowlex

Junior Member
The tickets AND the warrants NEVER expire.

so start looking over your shoulder. You're a criminal.
Are you an attorney? Why not read the actual code then?



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Art. 12.02. [181] [229] [219] MISDEMEANORS. An indictment or information for any misdemeanor may be presented within two years from the date of the commission of the offense, and not afterward.

Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 975, ch. 399, Sec. 2(B), eff. Jan. 1, 1974.

The only offenses with no statute of limiatations are Felonies:

Art. 12.01. FELONIES. Except as provided in Article 12.03, felony indictments may be presented within these limits, and not afterward: (1) no limitation: (A) murder and manslaughter; (B) sexual assault, if during the investigation of the offense biological matter is collected and subjected to forensic DNA testing and the testing results show that the matter does not match the victim or any other person whose identity is readily ascertained; or (C) an offense involving leaving the scene of an accident under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the accident resulted in the death of a person;

This is straight from the Texas code of criminal procedure. If you are stopped and arrested write me for criminal complaint actions as well as tort forms if no criminal charges are filed against you by the arresting officer. We've got criminals dressed as policemen all over Texas, the US for that matter that think they arte the law and have taken to stealing directly from drivers that happen to be unlucky enough to drive through their town. THIS WILL STOP, I'M DONE WITH COPS?, JUDGES?, ATTORNEYS? BREAKING THE LAW OR NOT EVEN REFERENCING THE LAW...IT WILL STOP!
 

racer72

Senior Member
riceowlex, you are an idiot. 1, this thread is 4½ years old, most of those that previously posted are long gone. Necroposting is downright rude. And 2, the law you listed is the SOL from the commision of the offense and being charged. In the case of traffic tickets, the second the driver is handed the ticket that person is charged. When the OP failed to show up in court for the tickets, he was charged with additional offenses and a warrant was issued for his arrest. In Texas, there is no statutory time limits on how long an arrest warrant can remain on the books. 3. You are obviously not an attorney.
 

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