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    Default How Will an Arrest Warrant Affect Me in Another State

    My question involves an arrest warrant from the State of: Indiana

    I could not fulfill my obligations for probation for Public Intoxication and I'm due for a hearing in court. I am moving to Chicago in a few weeks but it says if I dont show up I'll be issued an arrest warrant. Will that effect me in Chicago?

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    Where are you now?

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    An arrest warrant will follow you the rest of your life as long as you don't take care of it. Not only will an arrest warrant out of Indiana be valid in Chicago, it would be valid if you moved half way around the globe.

    Will Indiana pay to bring you back from Chicago or half way around the globe on a warrant for public intoxication? Most likely not.

    I have seen where someone was locked up in Fort Lee, NJ with a warrant out of NYC, let out of custody because NYC didn't want to send a car over the bridge into NJ to get that person. NYC will catch up with the individual later on down the road.

    I have also seen where one small town will travel 150 miles out of state to bring back a person with a warrant for disorderly conduct. So what Indiana will do is unpredictable, but one thing for certain is you will go to your grave with that warrant.

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    You are right to a degree. Granted, there is no expiration an a warrant. however, some warrants have geographical limitations. There can a valid active warrant, but if you are not in the surrounding area of that jurisdiction, you may not be touched. That's why I ask, where are you now?

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    I'm in Indiana. Moving to Chicago

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    Honestly, I'd show up for the hearing.

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