Know Your Rights

Contacting a lawyer prior to turning yourself in will ensure that you receive adequate legal advice and information before attending the police station, so that you know what to expect during the process. A lawyer can also contact the police on your behalf and help make arrangements so that you are not abruptly arrested before you are able to turn yourself in. Your lawyer will instruct you as to the best time to turn yourself in so that you are not held in custody longer than absolutely necessary.

If you find out that there is a warrant out for your arrest, it is essential that you contact a lawyer immediately!

It is highly preferable that you turn yourself in to police, rather than waiting for police to locate and arrest you, in what might otherwise be a public process or might even occur at your place of work. Due to the nature of an arrest, you will not be able to collect your personal property, so it is best to avoid a situation where you are unprepared and might be taken by surprise.  

Before you turn yourself in to police, your lawyer will collect phone numbers from your friends and family who might be willing to act as a surety for you, in the event that you are detained at the police station for a bail hearing. This can make the whole bail process occur much more rapidly as your lawyer will be prepared in advance to conduct your bail hearing, will have contact information for your sureties, and will know exactly when and where you are detained in the event that they need to contact you.

When you turn yourself in you should arrange to arrive at the police station with as little personal property as possible, and you should avoid driving yourself, in the event that you are not released.

Collett Read is available to assist you 24/7 in the event that you learn that there is an arrest warrant out against you. Do not hesitate to contact our firm at any hour and make these important arrangements to avoid an unnecessarily long or unpleasant arrest process.