The city of Tucson is going to host a special day next month to try to tackle a backlog of more than 40,000 arrest warrants—most stemming from failure to appear in court.
These warrants total about $120 million in uncollected fines, City Councilman Steve Kozachik says on his weekly newsletter.
On so-called Warrant Day—happening Saturday, Aug. 8—people with a warrant can head to the Tucson City Court, 103 E. Alameda, and work on a plea agreement and/or a payment plan to pay off any fines, which doesn’t mean you’re off the hook, according to Kozachik. Whatever charges a person may have will still be on that person’s record and the person can still be taken to jail if the charges are not cleared.
“However it works out, though, you won’t have to drive around worrying about getting busted if you’re pulled over, and the city will be able to finally clear the debt from its books,” he says.
If you think you might have a warrant on your name, check out the City Court website, www.tucsonaz.gov/courts, and click on the “see if you have a warrant” link.
Warrant Day is an all-day event.
This article appears in Jul 23-29, 2015.
“These warrants total about $120 million in uncollected fines….
the city will be able to finally clear the debt from its books….”
What does a sanctuary city get a dime on a dollar? They were elected to uphold the law and collect the fines. It will start over the very next day.
As a tax payer I demand the $120M be collected.
Can you imagine even 10,000 people going downtown, let alone 40,000, just to plead their case. The city has two choices, either quit giving out bs tickets, or make the people pay up. A simple solution is not to allow them renewls on their tags until the fine is paid. In Mexico, you get a parking ticket, they take off your license plate and you get it back after the fine is paid.