A warrant has been issued for my arrest, what does this mean?

If you have a warrant out for your arrest, this means a judge has issued an order allowing law enforcement to take you into custody.  An arrest warrant permits law enforcement officers to arrest you at any location where you might be, and regardless of whether you are doing something illegal at the time of your arrest.  Once you are arrested, you will taken to jail; depending on the nature of your arrest, you may be given the opportunity to post a bond and be released from jail.  Regardless of whether you post bond, however, you will next have to appear in court in order to answer to the criminal charges that served as the basis for the arrest warrant.

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