A friend and I were coming back from Mexico and he was detained at the San Ysidro border by Homeland Security because they found a warrant for grand theft from 9 years ago. He was detained and transfered to the local police department. The police told him that they would hold him for up to 5 days until the police from the city that filed the charge came for him. If they did not show, he would be set free. They also stated that the police would probably not show up for a nine year warrant. We opted to post his bail and now he has a court date that he must attend. Can you tell me what the statute of limitations are on a charge of grand theft? His bail was $5000 and we paid $500 to a bondsman that also stated prosecution was unlikely.

