How do I find out if I have a warrant in El Paso?

El Paso Municipal Court and the El Paso County JP courts each keep their own records, and old tickets are often spread across several of them. Calling the court yourself is safe, but walking in can end in an arrest. We run a check across every court in the county at no risk to you and tell you exactly what is open, in which court and for how much.

Do I have to turn myself in to clear a traffic warrant in El Paso?

No. For Class C warrants, an attorney can file an appearance and post an appearance bond or motion to recall under Articles 45.014 and 45.045 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The court lifts the warrant and resets the case without you being booked. You do not go to court, the jail or the bond window; we handle every filing.

How long does it take to recall a warrant in El Paso?

Most El Paso Municipal Court and JP warrants are recalled within one to five business days of our filing, depending on the court's clerk workload and whether a judge must sign the order. Urgent situations, such as an upcoming job start, a trip through a checkpoint or the Warrant Roundup, can often be moved faster. Resolving the tickets behind the warrant takes another 30 to 90 days.

Will I still have to pay the tickets after the warrant is recalled?

Not necessarily in full. Once the warrant is lifted the case is reopened, which means we can negotiate a dismissal, deferred disposition or an amended charge on the original citation, and ask the court to waive or reduce the failure-to-appear add-on. Where a fine has already been assessed, Article 45.041 allows payment plans and community service, and indigent defendants can request a waiver.

Can a traffic warrant in El Paso stop me from renewing my license?

Yes. When a court issues a warrant for failure to appear or failure to pay, it usually reports you to the OmniBase Failure to Appear program under Texas Transportation Code Chapter 706, and DPS refuses to renew your license until every reporting court sends a clearance. Recalling the warrant alone does not lift the hold; the case must be resolved and the clearance fee paid, which we handle as part of the same flat fee.

Warrant Recall Lawyer El Paso

Warrant Recall Lawyer in El Paso — Lift Traffic Warrants Without Turning Yourself In

We file an attorney appearance and bond to recall Class C traffic and citation warrants in El Paso Municipal Court and the El Paso County JP courts, then resolve the underlying cases, all for a flat fee.

Last reviewed by Robert Andrew Navar, Esq. · State Bar of Texas

An active warrant in El Paso follows you everywhere: a routine traffic stop on Mesa, a checkpoint on the way back from Juárez, a background check for a new job, or the annual Great Texas Warrant Roundup can each end with you in handcuffs over an old ticket. Most traffic warrants in El Paso County are Class C warrants issued by El Paso Municipal Court or a Justice of the Peace court because someone missed an appearance date, stopped paying a fine, or never finished deferred disposition. The Law Office of Robert Navar recalls these warrants for a flat fee, and in nearly every case you do not have to go to court or the jail to do it.

Texas law recognizes two kinds of Class C warrants. A warrant of arrest under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45.014 issues when a defendant fails to appear on a citation. A capias pro fine under Article 45.045 issues after a judgment when the fine and costs go unpaid. Both allow an attorney to appear on your behalf and post an appearance bond or file a motion asking the judge to recall the warrant and place the case back on the docket. Article 45.045 also requires the court to hold a hearing before jailing anyone for unpaid fines and to consider indigency, community service and payment plans under Article 45.041, protections that most people in a jail booking line never get to use.

Robert Navar runs a warrant check on every El Paso court, not just the one you remember, because old citations tend to travel in groups. He then files his appearance and the recall paperwork in each court, which lifts the warrant and reopens the case for negotiation. From there the underlying ticket is handled like any other traffic case: dismissal, deferred disposition, an amended charge or a manageable payment plan, and any Chapter 706 OmniBase hold is cleared so you can renew your license. Walking into the court on your own to ask about a warrant can mean being arrested on the spot; having an attorney handle it means you keep your freedom while the case gets fixed.

What happens after the warrant is recalled

Recalling the warrant is the first step, not the last. Once the El Paso court lifts it, the original ticket and any failure-to-appear charge return to the active docket with a new setting. We use that setting to negotiate the best available result on each charge, and where a judgment already exists we ask the court to reconsider the fine, credit time or grant a payment plan. When the case closes, we obtain the clearance the court sends to OmniBase and confirm with DPS that nothing else blocks your license. You receive copies of every recall order and disposition for your records.

El Paso Municipal Court, JP courts and the Warrant Roundup

El Paso Municipal Court issues warrants on city citations, while the El Paso County Justice of the Peace precincts issue them on tickets from the Sheriff, DPS and constables, including cases from Horizon City, Socorro, San Elizario, Clint and the Upper Valley. Each court has its own recall procedure and bond amount, and some require the attorney to appear in person the same week. Every spring, El Paso courts join the statewide Great Texas Warrant Roundup, when officers actively serve outstanding Class C warrants at homes and workplaces. Clearing warrants before that period, and before any trip that crosses a checkpoint, is the safest course.

What's included

Warrant search across El Paso Municipal Court and every El Paso County JP precinct
Attorney appearance and motion to recall or appearance bond filed in each court
Written confirmation from each court that the warrant has been lifted
Negotiation of the underlying ticket and any failure-to-appear charge
Request for payment plan, community service credit or fine reduction where a judgment already exists
OmniBase clearance follow-up so the hold on your license is released

How it works

We run a full warrant check

Give us your name, date of birth and license number. We search every El Paso court, identify each open warrant and its bond amount, and quote one flat fee that covers the recall and the underlying cases.

We file and the warrant is lifted

Robert Navar files his appearance and the recall motion or bond in each court, usually within a few business days. You receive confirmation the warrant is gone and can drive, work and travel without fear of arrest.

We resolve the tickets behind it

Each reopened case is negotiated for dismissal, deferred disposition, an amended charge or an affordable plan. You approve every outcome, and we confirm the OmniBase clearance so your license can be renewed.