What's a capias?
I vaguely remember having a warrant for arrest back in the 1980s when I was a mere lad, for an unpaid speeding ticket. I remember being informed by mail of this just as I was departing on a road trip to Florida, and, again if I remember rightly, I went anyway, though trepidatious.
In fact I was pulled over for speeding again in Georgia and nothing happened - in fact I think he didn't even give me a ticket, but I could be wrong. So either there wasn't in fact an actual warrant issued, or it didn't show up in a different state. I remember that I did have to go to downtown St. Louis and pay the ticket when I returned from the holiday.
that may have been a capias.
a capias is a 'civil arrest warrant' if you default on a civil judgment, the plaintiff can apply for a capias to have you hauled in to a judge to explain why you havent paid.
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