QUESTION
Does it ever go away after a certain amount of years?
Asked on Apr 03rd, 2013 on DUI/DWI - California
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I got a DUI in Troutdale, OR when I was in college in 2008. I moved back to California which is my legal place of residence. I was careless and got a DUI in Placery County in Sacramento, CA. I figured I could use my 3 months of DUI classes I did in CA for OR but it never went through and I didnt contacnt them. I ignored it until now, 2013. Now as I try to get my license in CA, I am told at the end of my process of getting my license they tell me that OR has a hold on me so I can't get my license. I am told that I have to appear in court in OR and there is no way around it. I am unable to go there for who knows how long, what can I do?
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Criminal Defense Attorney serving Oakland, CA
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You should contact a DUI lawyer in Oregon, they may be able to help you with the case and avoid your having to return to Oregon to serve your sentence and or meet the demands of the Judge on you case in OR.
Answered on Apr 09th, 2013 at 7:52 PM
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Warrants are forever until cleared by dealing with the case. To handle a warrant, you must turn yourself in to the issuing court. You'll try to negotiate a recall of the warrant[s] and seek bail reduction or OR release. You'll try to negotiate a plea bargain on any ?Failure to Appear? charge or probation violation that caused the warrant. You'll try to negotiate a plea bargain or take to trial the outstanding charge that caused the warrant. In CA on misdemeanors alike DUI, an attorney can appear in court without the defendant being present. You'll have to ask an OR attorney if the same is true there.
Answered on Apr 05th, 2013 at 4:29 AM
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Try hiring an OR attorney. He or she would know OR law.
Answered on Apr 05th, 2013 at 1:23 AM
Michael Paul Vollandt
In Calif it is a prior for 10 years from the date of the conviction.
Answered on Apr 04th, 2013 at 9:41 PM