Sixth Annual Great Texas Warrant Roundup will begin Saturday

City of Dallas sent this bulletin at 02/23/2012 04:16 PM CST

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:  

Feb. 23, 2012                                                                Mary Lynn Morris – Dallas City Marshal

(214) 670-3999

 

Sixth Annual Great Texas Warrant Roundup will begin Saturday;
Officers will arrest persons with outstanding City of Dallas warrants 

 

What:             The Dallas City Marshal’s Office will join law enforcement agencies across North Texas for the sixth annual state-wide warrant roundup for Class C offenses. Officers will arrest people with unpaid traffic and non-traffic citations and warrants pending before their respective courts.

Offenders who are delinquent in satisfying their City of Dallas warrants are subject to a hold being placed on the renewal of their vehicle registration with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (Scofflaw Program) or being arrested and jailed. In Dallas and other cities, drivers may also be subject to denial of their driver's license renewal. 

 

Persons with outstanding citations in the City of Dallas may avoid vehicle registration holds or arrest by paying in person at 106 S. Harwood between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, (wheelchair access is at 2014 Main Street).

 

Citations may also be paid online at http://www.dallascityhall.com/courts/court_online_payments.html.  



Where:         City Detention Center, City Marshal’s Office, 1600 Chestnut St.

 

When:          6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25

 

 

Note:              Members of the news media who wish to accompany officers on the roundup may contact Chief Deputy Marshal Paul Hansen at (214) 670-3999 or report to the City Marshal's Office at the City Detention Center, 1600 Chestnut St. The City Marshal will conduct a short briefing at 6 a.m. Media representatives will then be directed to a pre-determined location and the roundup will begin.