Warrant Walk Through

A warrant walk through is a very valuable tool that we use to allow someone to lower their bond or perhaps even allow them to be released on their own recognizance, or ROR – and have an advantage to pick the time of the arrest rather than let law enforcement pick the time of the arrest.

With a warrant walk through, you hire an attorney, your attorney gets the bond signed for your warrant, and then you and your attorney schedule a time for you to turn yourself in along with your bond.  The process involves a voluntary surrender at the Hillsborough County Jail (often the Falkenburg Road Jail).  Although a booking will still be required to get information including a picture and prints, you get to immediately go home and will no longer have an active warrant.

The whole warrant walk through process in Hillsborough County takes about 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on the number of self-surrenders that day.  This is a much more desirable situation to be in rather than waiting to get arrested, then hiring an attorney, and then calling a bonds company to get you out of jail.  It also helps demonstrate a defendant’s willingness to cooperate, which can also be of benefit later in the case.

If you’re aware that there’s going to an arrest pending – whether it’s from a warrant for a violation of probation, a probable cause arrest, or a warrant signed by a judge, you can do – by retaining an attorney – a warrant walk through.

What that allows us to do is we have you turn yourself in by arranging with law enforcement ahead of time.  So at a time when we can have you at a hearing very soon after that. We can pick the time, and the time of your hearing.

That way once you have your warrant walk through and turn yourself in, we can argue to the judge at your hearing that you voluntarily came in, you did not flee, and then we can present evidence at that hearing to show why you’re a good risk to lower your bond and perhaps even allow you to be released on your own recognizance, or ROR, without posting any money at all.

The warrant walk through is a very valuable tool that we use to allow someone to have release and have an advantage and pick the time of the arrest rather than let law enforcement pick the time of the arrest.

I’m Jeff Quisenberry with the Fernandez Law Group. We can help.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WARRANT WALK THROUGHS:

Q:  What is a Warrant Walk Through?

A:  A warrant walk-through is a planned surrender where someone with an active warrant turns themselves in voluntarily, usually with help from a bail bondsman and, in some cases, a defense lawyer.

Q:  How long does a Warrant Walk Through take to complete?

A:  The whole warrant walk through process in Hillsborough County takes about 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on the number of self-surrenders that day.

Q:  How do you find out of if you have a warrant in Hillsborough County?

A:   You can access the official database at the HCSO website by searching with your name, race, gender and date of birth to determine if any warrants exist. Keep in mind that not all warrants appear immediately online due to processing delays or administrative procedures.