Am I still on probation when it expired in Nov 2006?

Question

I married a guy in the military and got a interstate transfer to move. At the new state, they could not verify my residence for some reason at the beginning. So my transfer got sent back to the original state. In the meanwhile, I have been living in the new state for 5 yrs and has never got into ANY trouble. Last time I called my probation officer, she was asking me to come back (move back) to the original state but of course, I am established here. My probation has expired inNov 2006. Am I still on probation? Is there a statue of limitations? Note: I had a $6000 restitution and there is still a balance.

Answer 1

By law ,you are still on probation until you pay the restitution. That is part of the probation. So get that pay off and you should be able to get off your probation. And your probation officer should tell you that. But we know how they can do sometimes.  

Answer 2

Whenever you violate your probation, a report is sent to the court.  The court reviews the report and if they believe their are enough facts to support a violation, the court will issue a warrant for your arrest.  At that point, your probation is revoked and the clock stops ticking.

In this situation, your probation may have been revoked b/c you left the state w/out permission, you failed to make required payments on your restitution, your stopped reporting to your PO or the inter State compact somehow got messed up ( not uncommon!)

You have not known about the violation b/c you have NOT been in any trouble.  If you are arrested or stopped by law enforcement for anything, the warrant will show up and you will be taken into custody and possibly transferred to the State.

You must return to the court that placed you on probation ASAP.  Go voluntarily and bring proof of your current employment, your marriage licsense, proof of your husband's military service, your employment, some restitution money, etc.

If you return voluntarily, the court is less likely to put you into custody.  Finally, you are entitled to a probation violation hearing and counsel will be appointed for all proceedings, if requested.

Answer 3

It sounds as though your P.O. violated your probation. Not kidding.  It's very likely there is a warrant out for the violation.

If your P.O. asked you to come back, there is only one reason. She needs to take you into custody.

Answer 4

1, there is no statute of limitations on probation.

If you violated your probation, you probably have a warrant for your arrest.

Violating would include non-payment of restitution and completion of required probation reporting, i.e. moving out of state and not reporting.

You've got some issues to work out.

Answer 5

If she asked you to come back, there's a reason for doing so. My guess would be that a bench-warrant has been already issued for your arrest in your state of record. You might want to check that out, you know?

When one is on probation, they're a ward of the state, and the state more or less owns them.

Answer 6

You may have a warrant out for probation violation for being out of state without permission, not reporting to PO and for not paying your restitution. That warrant will be out there until you get picked up on it.