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Arrest Warrants and Traffic Tickets<\/h1>\n
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\n By Natalie Moritz<\/a> | Legally reviewed by Melissa Bender, Esq.<\/a>\n | Last updated\n
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Traffic tickets can be easy to forget, as there is no email, text, or convenient deadline reminder for traffic citations. Instead, the reminder you may get for an unpaid ticket is a warrant for your arrest<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

Law enforcement and district courts take unpaid traffic tickets<\/a> seriously, and an arrest on your record is a significant problem. So, what can happen if you forget to resolve a ticket? Besides a possible arrest from a warrant, you can also face other penalties:<\/p>\r\n