March 05, 2015 - Perhaps you received a City of Houston traffic ticket in the past. You probably intended to pay the ticket or appear in court to dispute the ticket. Maybe you put the ticket in a drawer, got busy, and forgot to take care of the ticket or tickets. Maybe you assumed—since you had not been notified—that the Houston Traffic Ticket was no longer an issue. In fact, there may be a Houston Traffic Arrest Warrant hanging out there with your name on it. This means you may want to take heed of the upcoming 2015 Great Houston Texas Warrant Roundup. The Houston Warrant Roundup will begin very soon—March 07, 2015 to be exact.
What Will Happen During the Houston Warrant Roundup?
During this time, more than 300 Texas agencies will band together in an effort to collect the fines for hundreds of thousands of unpaid tickets, marking as many names as possible off the list. During any given month, the city of Houston has more than 300,000 outstanding warrants on the books, so you can only imagine how many exist across the entire state of Texas. The individual agencies have every reason to participate in the Texas Warrant Roundup—Houston alone will bring in more than $2.5 million during this period, clearing thousands of names off their traffic warrant list in the process. The city of Houston will also make more than 4,000 arrests, if the 2015 Houston Warrant Roundup is anything like past years.
The Grace Period and the Enforcement Period
All those in the Houston area—and across the state of Texas—will be given 2-3 weeks in which to take care of their unpaid tickets and remove the threat of arrest. This is known as the amnesty, or grace period. Following this period law enforcement will begin aggressively executing arrest warrants. The police officers will not care where you are when you are arrested. Your embarrassment will not matter, therefore you could be arrested while at work, at home, at school, in your car, or any of the dozens of places you go to run errands. If you don’t want to be one of those with an outstanding Houston traffic warrant who is walked in handcuffs out to a waiting police cruiser, then the 2015 Great Houston, Texas Warrant Roundup could be the time for you to take care of your outstanding traffic warrant.
Alternatives to Paying Old City of Houston Traffic Tickets
You may think the only way to relieve yourself of the anxiety associated with having your name on the warrant list is to pay the underlying tickets. In fact, there is a much better way for you to both remove the threat of arrest as well as to wipe the slate clean of your outstanding Houston Traffic tickets. When you pay those fines and fees associated with your past due Houston traffic citations, you set in motion a number of unintended consequences. Paying your Houston traffic tickets is like pleading guilty to the offense. Pleading guilty places a conviction on your record, and that conviction adds points to your driving record. Depending on the number of points on your record, you could find yourself paying annual surcharges to the state of Texas which range from $100-$1,000, you could have your driver’s license suspended, your insurance rates could escalate alarmingly, and, in extreme cases, you could lose your job.
A much better way to handle the situation is to speak to a knowledgeable Houston warrant roundup lawyer from Sullo & Sullo. Your Houston traffic warrant can be lifted by having your Sullo & Sullo Houston Warrant Roundup Attorney post a bond on your behalf. Having a Houston traffic ticket lawyer by your side from start to finish will ensure you will not be arrested, and that your underlying tickets can be taken care of in a responsible manner. Your skilled Sullo & Sullo Houston warrant roundup lawyer will have a goal of resolving your Houston traffic arrest warrant and Houston Traffic tickets in a manner which has the least amount of long-term consequences. Don’t wait, call a Sullo & Sullo Houston Warrant Roundup Attorney immediately if your ticket is in any of the following jurisdictions:
· Houston Municipal Court
· Jersey Village Municipal Court
· Sugarland Municipal Court
· Stafford Municipal Court
· Missouri City Municipal Court
· Pasadena Municipal Court
· City of South Houston Municipal Court
· Baytown Municipal Court
· Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Place 1, Judge Gorczynski
· Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Place 2, Judge Patronella
· Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3, Place 1, Judge Parrott
· Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 4, Place 1, Judge Adams
· Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 4, Place 2, Judge Lawrence
· Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5, Place 1, Judge Ridgway
· Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 5, Place 2, Judge Williams
· Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 7, Place 2, Judge Burney
· Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 8, Place 1, Judge Williamson
· Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 8, Place 2, Judge Ditta