Full Notification

Kingsville, Texas, February 15th, 2013
The City of Kingsville Municipal Court and City of Kingsville Police Department announce their participation in the 2013 GREAT TEXAS WARRANT ROUNDUP beginning March 2nd, 2013 and ending on March 10th, 2013.
The roundup is designed to target thousands of defendants with traffic, parking, city ordinance, penal code and higher charge warrants for participating jurisdictions. It is believed to be the largest joint operation of its kind with arrests expected to continue for several days.
Hundreds of thousands of notices will be mailed statewide by participating entities. Numerous counties, justices of the peace, constables and municipalities of all sizes will participate in the roundup.
Listed below are the phases of this roundup:
 The first phase, which begins on February 18th and ends March 1st, 2013, will consist of a grace period. During this time, anyone with outstanding warrants is encouraged to pay their fines at the City of Kingsville Municipal Court at 200 E. Kleberg, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
 The second phase, which begins March 2nd and ends March 10th, 2013, is ENFORCEMENT WEEK. During this week, individuals will be rounded up and taken to jail or if court is in session they will be brought to the court to address the outstanding warrants before the Municipal Court Judge.
 The final phase is the service of outstanding warrants during targeted enforcement days throughout the remainder of 2013.
City of Kingsville Municipal Court Clerk, Rose Morrow, stated that there are 8059 outstanding warrants as of February 11th, 2013. Those warrants are equivalent to $2,133,091.57 in fines and fees that are outstanding. Affected persons are urged to contact the appropriate jurisdiction or jurisdictions during the next two weeks to dispose of their cases voluntarily to avoid the inconvenience and embarrassment of arrest at home or work in front of family, friends or co-workers.
Citizens are encouraged to contact the City of Kingsville Municipal Court at 200 E. Kleberg regarding any warrants or outstanding fines during the grace period. The City of Kingsville Police Department will be serving the outstanding warrants during the “ENFORCEMENT WEEK.” Chief Ricardo Torres is alerting our citizens that the officers of KPD will be going to residences as well as businesses to serve the outstanding warrants during the enforcement phase and will continue to do the same during targeted enforcement periods.