What happens at court after you get out of jail for a warrant.?

Question

We had to pay 400$ bail to get my husband out of jail because of a warrant. FOUR years ago he got pulled over and got a speeding ticket and a insurance ticket. We took it to a "ticket doctor" they are supposed to take care of it for you. Well turns out they didn't when we thought they did.. So he gets pulled over and goes to jail because of the warrants we didn't know he had. We never got any letters or anything. Well I paid 400$ to get him otu of jail and now we have a court date in about a month. What happens on the court date? Will we have to give more money?! Could he go back to jail?? Help please I know nothing about this and neither does he =/

Answer 1

he might have to pay a fine and maybe do community service. I don't see him for going to jail over this.  Next time, make sure everything is taken care of, my sisters boyfriend is in jail because he didn't know he had warrants.

Answer 2

almost same thing happened to me and basically all i had to do was pay out the remainder of the tickets, worse comes to worse he could be put on probation assuming he has no other convictions nothing drastic should happen at all.  

Answer 3

--- Assuming the traffic charges against your husband were non-criminal only, then the penalties involved should be monetary only. You should be looking at the original fines for the citations you were issued and then an additional assessment of service and warrant fees. The $400 should be the fine amounts for the citaitons plus any additional fees or levees for the warrant service and paperwork.

--- When you posted the bond you should have been given instructions as to whether the court date was a "must appear" or if you could simply forfeit the bond. Check the paperwork you recieved when you posted the $400. It should list the court date and then state,  "mandatory appearence" or "must appear" if you are required to appear for that court date.

--- If you have any question as to whether or not you must appear after reading the paperwork you can call the Clerk of Courts Office for the County in which the citations were issued and ask. Have all the paperwork you were given with you so you can reference it while you talk to them. The personnel at the Clerk of Courts should be able to easily look up your case and tell you if the court date is a mandatory appearence or a simple forfeiture. "Forfeiture" simply meaning you can fail to appear and "Forfeit" the fine/bond. Remember in doing so you are also pleading guilty to the charges so points will be assesed and your insurance may go up.

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--- You said you paid a "ticket doctor" to deal with these citations 4 years ago when they were recieved. This being the case then you should have paperwork from that transaction, the contract, cancelled checks or forms of payment, explanations of expectation, etc.

--- If you did in fact do that, contract to and pay a firm to handle the citations and they did not then you should talk to an attorney about the incident and have him look into it more closely as there may be questions about legal malpractice or more involved-- with you being the victims.

Answer 4

I assume the warrant was for failure to appear on the original charges, if there is not an additional charge for failing to appear, he will appear in court for the speeding and insurance alone. In court he will be given the opportunity to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. If he pleads not guilty there will most likely be a bench trial before the judge at a later date. If he pleads guilty at that appearance the judge will pass sentence. Most likely the judge will want an explanation as to why your husband didn't appear the first time and then issue the fine. Most bonds on warrants are the fine amount so your husband will most likely have to pay a fine. I seriously doubt he will go to jail. If the fine is less than the amount of the bond, the fine amount will be deducted from the bond and the balance returned to you.