Will my case be dismissed if I turn myself into a different county?

If I turn myself in, in my county of residence, on an out of county warrant and I stay the whole 5 days in jail and am not picked up by that county and transported, does that mean that the case will be dismissed and no further action is needed from me?

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Answered By: Law Office of Thomas F. Mueller

The case is not dismissed. It will still be an outstanding warrant and will be there until it is purged. With a misdemeanor I believe it is 10 years but those policies change. So you could go through it again and be held another 5 days. etc.

Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 9/7/2011

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Answered By: Law Office of Thomas J. Ogas

No. That just means that the original county was too cheap to pay for you to be transported to them, so the county where you turned yourself in had to let you go. The original county is going to keep that warrant out until you (or your attorney) deal with it in their county.

Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 9/6/2011

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Answered By: Law Office of David Baum

No. That definately does not mean the case is dismissed. It just means they failed to extradite you to that county where the warrant was issued. You will still need to take care of that matter.

Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 9/6/2011

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Answered By: Law Offices of Matthew Murillo

No. If you are picked up on an out of county warrant, you will either be cited to appear on a certain date, or you will be taken into custody and transported to that county. Serving time in one county won't necessarily be credited to another county. If you have an outstanding DUI warrant, which has not been resolved (no plea entered), then the DUI won't get dismissed simply because you were booked into another county. You must resolve the DUI charges.

Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 9/6/2011

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Answered By: Law Office of Joe Dane

No. It just means they didn't transport you, but it won't affect the underlying case.

Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 9/6/2011

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