If you have an unpaid ticket and there's a warrant for that reason, will they extradite over it?

Question

I have a close friend of mine who got a ticket last year. It was a small ticket, less than $100. Now he has to pay $165 because there's a court "late" fee. They informed him that there was an active warrant as well. But when he got the ticket he was visiting his family out of state. Since he lives in another state would they extradite him for a situation like that if he were pulled over and they saw the warrant or would they just give another ticket and not waste the money and manpower to move him? Only serious answers please, thank you! I need to give my buddy some peace of mind.

Answer 1

In my personal experience, as a police dispatcher. There are certain reasons that states extradite, and it is expensive to do such.  

My state of Wyoming will issue warrants for stuff over $350 and they will only extradite from "surrounding" states or any state that touches the border of Wyoming.

Even if the person is pulled over in Tennessee for speeding and they see the warrant, the do not do anything about it. The do not "re-issue" the ticket for the offense.

I hope this helps.

It is doubtful that they will extridite for such a low fine.

Answer 2

It's unlikely he'll be extradited for that.

Answer 3

It depends on the agency that issued the warrant.  Sometimes they will extradite up to a certain distance, such as within 100 miles.

One thing to think about though...anytime a squad runs the license plate of the car he owns, or has any contact with him, the warrant will pop up.  Not all warrants have comments stating extradition terms.  That means he could get arrested, brought to the jail and booked, then released...over and over and over again.

Answer 4

To give you the short answer, no. My father once incurred several parking tickets in Minneapolis and didn't pay any of them. (He lived in Birmingham, AL, and had never been to Minneapolis. A sister of mine who was attending Minnesota State University at the time parked that car where she shouldn't have.) The Hennepin County authorities issued several warrants for my father's arrest. The Jefferson County, AL, Sheriff's Department never took my father into custody.