Full Notification

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kingsville, Texas, Friday, February 9^th, 2019
The City of Kingsville Municipal Court and City of Kingsville Police Department announce their participation in the 2018 GREAT TEXAS WARRANT ROUNDUP beginning Friday February 9^th, 2018 and ending on Sunday, March 4^th, 2018. 
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 Friday, February 9th and ends Friday, February 23^rd, 2018, 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 Saturday, February 24^th and ends on Sunday, March 4^th, 2018, 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 2018. 

City of Kingsville Municipal Court Clerk, Victoria Butler, stated that there are 8,855 outstanding warrants as of February 6, 2017.  Those warrants are equivalent to $2,517,318.22 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. 
In order to assist our citizens, the City of Kingsville Municipal Court will have extended hours or additional hours on the following dates:
 
Friday, February 17         8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Friday, February 24        8:00 a.m.- 6:30 p.m.
Friday, March 3               8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
The City of Kingsville website, located at www.cityofkingsville.com, also has a portal should a citizen wish to pay a ticket/citation or a warrant.  Citizens can Access the City of Kingsville website and at the top center choose the option for “Pay Ticket.”  The website will direct you to another webpage where searches for tickets/citations or tickets/citations that have turned into warrants can be performed by citizens using either their Texas Driver’s License number or the original ticket/citation number.  The fines associated with those tickets/citations/warrants can be paid using a credit card and a printable electronic receipt is provided at the time of payment should it be needed for verification at a later time. 
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.