Court-Issued Warrants

The Court will issue a warrant when:

• You fail to make a plea to violations shown on your ticket
• You fail to comply with the Orders of a Judge
• You do not complete a payment plan or fail to make payments as promised.

Note: City Marshals will not arrest you if you come to Court to resolve a warrant!

Failure to Make a Plea

If you fail to make a plea to each violation on your ticket within 30 days of the violation date, the Court will:

1. Issue a warrant for your arrest (additional $50.00 fee)
2. Charge the Standard Fine amount.
3. Send a request to the Texas Department of Public Safety for Denial of Driver License Renewal and a $30.00 fee may be added
4. Refer your case to a collection agency after 60 days with a possible 30% fee added to the amount owed.

Failure to Meet the Orders of a Judge

Resolving a Warrant

Your warrant may be cancelled if you plead "no contest" or "guilty" to the warrant charge and pay the fine. For information on making payments and paying fines, click here.

If you want to plead Not Guilty to a charge after an arrest warrant has been issued, you must come to the Court to post the required bond and to obtain a Court trial date. In certain hardship cases, a judge may waive the bond.

Getting Specific Information about Outstanding Warrants

You will need to know your driver's license number in order to use the phone option. If your driver's license number contains an alphabetic character, you will either need to come to the Court or speak with an operator to determine whether you have an outstanding warrant.