Can you still have a bench warrant if you already turned yourself in on a warrant? 8 Answers as of February 22, 2012

Yes, the bench warrant could be for something else. If, however the warrant is for the same thing that you turned yourself in for then you need to have it vacated which should have been done the same day you turned yoursel in.

If you turned yourself in on the warrant it should have been vacated.

If you surrendered on the warrant the court should have vacated the warrant so that the police will know not to pick you up or hold you on it, but the fact that you failed to show and had a bench warrant will always be on your rap sheet and may hurt you on future arrests. Bench warrants tell a judge that the person is too immature and irresponsible to appear in court and therefore a high bail should be set.

Yes. You could have a warrant from another jurisdiction.

No, you shouldn't (if the warrant was for the same crime). Check with the court to make sure the judge ordered the warrant or bench warrant to be withdrawn.

The warrant usually gets recalled. Call your lawyer and ask him if there is another bench warrant.

If you previously have had that same warrant vacated, there is no reason that the same warrant should appear in the police database as active unless something new has triggered the issuance of another warrant on the same case, ie., you failed to complete community service imposed after your return the first time. If you are inquiring about whether if you are returned on one warrant, this will result in the vacating of any and all other warrants, the answer is generally not, since each warrant would have to be pulled and addressed in order for it to no longer be active.

If you are surrounded in Florida on a New York warrant a teletype should have been sent to the jurisdiction you were wanted in. New York must decide to extradite you. If you surrendered on a Florida warrant and that police jurisdiction didn't run a check on you or if the warrant from New York didn't show up then the warrant in New York is active. Moreover unless the New York warrant is not sent to Florida, the New York warrant will be active.