Impound would continue to be available to enforce payment. The committee jurisdictional or geographic limitations on warrants. The committee felt this is a resource issue that does not remove warrants from the system. It also raises other issues such as whether a limited warrant would toll speedy trial requirements. There is currently provision for review of warrants that have been in the system for a period of time.
Jurisdictions differ in their approach to dealing with aged warrants.
Some concerns were raised about the court on its own motion taking action to dismiss old cases or warrants. Judge Peterson indicated this might also be an education topic. The committee reviewed the draft interim report and a proposed position statement prepared for the committee. The committee felt the position statement did not express the committee's views. Doug Haake was asked to incorporate some of the position statement's content into the committee's final report.