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There is no Statute of Limitation on a contempt of court?? Federal Law limits a criminal
contempt of court to 5 years. Mine is a civil contempt of court order. Surely there is a limitations set upon the state laws. What you are telling me is that the state of Alabama has no statute of limitation laws, is this correct? Thank you.
Federal crimes have a 7 year statute but there is no statute of limitations on a an arrest warrant for a 18 year old misdemeanor dui. Am I to understand this to be correct
Dear desperate,
I understand you to be unhappy with your record. However, you need to carefully re-read what your prior expert is telling you. Statutes of limitations apply to the ability to bring charges, not to require sentence fulfillment. This is true federally, as well as by state. In addition, even if you had not been charged (which isn't the case, you were charged and convicted) , the SOL is often tolled while someone remains continuously out of the state. Your expert is 100% correct. Please give him due accord for answering the question you posed.