i went to renew my license in NY state and there is a hold from NM for a failure to appear for DWI from 1994. they said they" just updated their computers to add me to the system". the clerk i spoke to in NM said i "must pay bond" and "appear in NM" to resolve this issue. can i have this dissmissed and or pay fines from NY without going back to NM? thanks for any and all help. JP

Fr_Chuck

You may be able to hire an attorney in NM to represent you in court.

The problem is there is no statue of limiation on failure to appear. actually statue of limiation only applies to a crime done that no one has been charged, once a person is charged there is no time frame.

In your case basicly you would have been either found guilty and also had a bench warrent issued for failure to appear. If the judge there is a hard case, he can require you personally to appear.

So you will need to hire a NM attorney and see if he can settle it for you.
Expect a fairly large fine, much higher than the orginal ticket.
Take this seriously.

jp2000

thank you chuck for the info, what is sad about this whole situiation is the way the state of NM went about this after 11 years. i was in thier prison system from 95-96 and you would think they would of handled it then since i was in thier custody. well i guess i won't be driving for some time now. thanks again, later JP!

Fr_Chuck

I had something about the same, as a teen, I sorta ran a stop sign and hit another car. Well I guess years latter this was added to a computer system, my in my case I had to post a bond so I would not be locked up untill I went to find out about that old ticket.