HOUSTON, Texas – Houstonians responded by the thousands in order to avoid the possibility of arrest during this month’s 2011 Great Texas Warrant Round-Up. As a result, the City of Houston’s Municipal Courts cleared almost 30,000 outstanding warrants.
“The unified approach between Municipal Courts, the Houston Police Department, Harris County Constables and over 70 other Gulf Coast participants helped this initiative tremendously,” stated Captain Jonathan Zera. “Having regional partnerships showed the effectiveness of a coordinated, multi-agency effort,” Captain Zera added.
After weeks of televised news reports, radio announcements and mailed notices to notify the public of the statewide initiative, many individuals with outstanding warrants responded by coming forth early to handle their court matters. Unfortunately, not everyone heeded the warning, and for thousands, a trip to jail was not avoided.
“While it is good that so many came forward to take care of their court matters during the grace period, many others did not. Those persons remain under the threat of arrest whether or not there is a Round-Up effort, and therefore we encourage them to call us or come in to resolve their overdue cases as soon as possible,” said Director & Presiding Judge Barbara E. Hartle.
Houston was among more than 300 statewide participants in this year’s Warrant Round-Up program which officially ended March 13, 2011. Each participating jurisdiction will send statistics to program organizers who are preparing a master list of statistics that will be published in April.
Statistics for the City of Houston Municipal Courts during the 2011 Round-Up are as follows:
HPD Arrests
Warrants Cleared
Fines Paid
TRAFFIC/non-TRAFFIC
4,110
29,847
$2,525,576.12 *
*Amount includes all payments from 2/19/11 thru 3/13/11.
For more information about City of Houston warrants or citations visit the website at www.houstontx.gov/courts or contact City’s Helpline at 3-1-1 or 713-837-0311 if outside the City of Houston.
Municipal Courts payment options are as follows:
- ONLINE – www.texasonline.state.tx.us
- BY PHONE – Call 713.221.0288 (24 hour payment line)
- BY MAIL – Municipal Courts, P.O. Box 4996, Houston, TX 77210-4996
- WESTERN UNION (use code Ticket Texas)
- IN PERSON – at any of the six court locations listed:
COURT LOCATIONS
1400 Lubbock
Houston, TX 77002
Monday – Saturday
7am to 10pm
713.247.5479
ANNEX LOCATIONS
Acres Homes/North Command Station
9455 West Montgomery
Houston, TX 77088
Monday – Friday
8am to 5pm
281.405.5319
Clear Lake Sub-Station
2855 Bay Area Boulevard
Houston, TX 77058
Thursday
8am to 5pm
281.283.4946
281.283.4947
Kingwood (Municipal Court Annex)
3915 Rustic Woods
Kingwood, Texas 77339-5203
Wednesday
8am to 7pm
281.361.6574
Southeast Command Station
(Courts 13 & 14)
8300 Mykawa
Houston, TX 77048
Monday – Friday
8am to 5pm
713.731.5155
713.731.5156
Westside Command Station (Court 18)
3203 South Dairy Ashford
Houston, TX 77082-2320
NOTE: All locations are closed Noon to 1 P.M.
Monday – Friday
8 am to 9pm
281.584.4889
