If there is a warrant, to properly handle it, you must turn yourself into the issuing court, with or without an attorney, and try to negotiate a recall of the warrant[s] and a plea bargain on the new Failure to Appear charge. You’ll try to negotiate bail reduction or OR release. You’ll then try to negotiate a plea bargain or take to trial the outstanding charge that caused the warrant. Turning yourself in voluntarily will result in a better outcome than being brought in cuffs to court after arrest on the warrant. On misdemeanors and infractions, your attorney can appear in court without the defendant being present. Effective plea-bargaining, using whatever legal defenses, facts and sympathies there may be, could possibly keep you out of jail/prison, or at least dramatically reduce it.

Our office has been able to have warrants recalled in a short period of time, with little or no additional penalties for our clients. Remember, when a warrant is actively issued in your name, you could be arrested and detained anytime.

How do I find out if there is a warrant for my arrest?

Most Warrants issued by the San Diego County Superior Court are available online.  You can visit the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department web page and do a name search at http://apps.sdsheriff.net/warrant/waar.aspx or contact the Sheriff’s Office at (858) 974-2110.

The online database is updated 4 times a day (4:10 AM, 12:10 PM, 5:10 PM, and 10:10 PM) so recent changes may not always be reflected.

Call our office today to speak with William Daley, an aggressive San Diego criminal defense and San Diego DUI lawyer with over 30 years of experience defending his clients and fighting their charges. Call our office today at (619) 238-1905 for a free consultation.

For additional information, visit our warrant recall page: http://www.lawofficeofwilliamdaley.com/Criminal-Defense/Warrant-Recall.shtml