Annual Great Texas Warrant Roundup will begin Saturday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     
Feb. 27, 2014      

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paul Hansen - Chief Deputy Marshal
(214) 670-6804

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 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 arrest and vehicle registration holds by paying in person at 2014 Main Street, Dallas, Texas between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (wheelchair access is at 2014 Main Street). 

To resolve your citation online visit: http://www.dallascityhall.com/courts   
Not sure you have a warrant? Find out here:     https://clients.municipalrecordsearch.com/dallastx/

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

When:          
6 a.m. Saturday March 1

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

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