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    Default 11 Year Old Bench Warrant

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: S.Carolina.

    About 11 years ago I was arrested for credit card fraud. I was taken to the police office for a statement then to jail for a night. I never received a summons or any paperwork inviting me to court that I know of. About 2 years after the arrest I moved to West Virginia and obtained a drivers license and eventually an apartment with utilities in my name.
    About 3 or 4 years later I moved to Ohio and again got an apartment and a drivers license. I also got married and got a passport. Needless to say I was never notified of a warrent. In fact while I was living in WVa I was pulled over for an expired license tag. The officer presumably ran my license and obviously no warrent presented itself, otherwise I'd have been arrested.

    Now, my wife and I are in the process of adopting a child and all of a sudden there is a bench warrent for this charge after 11 years.
    My wife even called the police department in SC and they told her there were no warrents listed with them.

    My questions are:

    1. What would be the maximum fine for this type of charge?
    2. How can I best handle this situation from Ohio?

    Thanks!

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    Default Re: 11 Year Old Bench Warrent

    I can't answer your questions, but I can tell you that when law enforcement checks your criminal record they can do it one of two ways: local only, or nationwide record. Often times they only do a local record unless they have reason to do a nationwide one.

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    Default Re: 11 Year Old Bench Warrent

    Or, the computer systems from the jurisdiction where the warrant was issued finally were updated.

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