Monday, July 19, 2010

Ever Wonder About the Many Types of Court Warrants in America - A Guide to Understanding Them

Ever Wonder About the Many Types of Court Warrants in America - A Guide to Understanding Them

Why are court ordered warrants issued? If you want to know you should go through the article herein to enlighten yourself on them.

A formal court proceeding ensues and issues legal warrant specifically ordering officers of the court to apprehend and deliver an offender, who is suspected of committing various breaks of the local laws. As a matter of course, warrants for arrest may be issued if a suspect has committed a breach of law and there are sufficient pieces of evidence which suggests that the individual may have been involved in the offense.

In most situations warrants for arrest may be issued by a judge against the individual did not arrive at a scheduled hearing of the court. As an example, let us assume that while driving an automobile on the public roads, a citizen exceeded the allowable speed and as a result he was issued a speeding ticket. For whatever reason the violator failed to sufficiently pay or did not show up before a judge on the scheduled hearing date to state a defense, then by default the judge will issue an arrest warrant versus the citizen on the charge of failing to meet the orders of the law.

Another variation of warrant is the commonly used search warrant. Search warrants permit government officials the legal authority to search the premises of the individual where there is a reasonable belief that a crime has occurred.When this occurs, the execution of the search warrant terms must be by duly authorized police and law officers. A search warrant is issued for just that - a search. This may not mean that the individual served will be charged with anything but any damaging evidence of a crime is discovered within the selected location or the police find any illegal substances, then there is a high probability that an arrest will result from the search.

A third variety of warrant issued by American courts is the bench warrant. A Bench warrant is a legal dictate issued against a person who fail to present themselves in the court on their court designated date. You may also discover a superior court warrant which is issued by the State Superior Court against an individual who is accused and therefore required to present themselves to the court.

In most cases, a citizen may find that there is an arrest warrant against him but he has not committed any crime. In such cases, the person can ask that the warrant be reviewed because he may have been framed or have been the victim of identity theft. For example, somebody has stolen the ID and committed some offense and purposely left the identity card to mislead law enforcement . These investigators will request a warrant for arrest based on the physical evidence, the identification left at the scene, even though the person was not a party to the crime. This is a clear cut identity theft.

Another type of warrant for arrest is a felony warrant, whereby the person may be arrested on felony charges. Felony warrants are effective from the time of issuance and stay in effect going forward until such time that the person is arrested. These warrants become part of the public documentation of the court and may be obtained by the public at any time. The U.S. Court arrest warrants are all issued by the state courts. No one should assume they can ignore a warrant once it is issued against an individual, because failing to act or disregarding will have very serious negative results – including potentially a life behind bars.