With more than 6,500 outstanding local warrants and a population of roughly 25,500, the city of Grandview is playing the odds that those who haven’t taken care of violations would like to, but maybe they’ve forgotten about them.
“Sometimes you do forget,” said Grandview Mayor Leonard Jones. “I mean, life gets in the way of a lot of things, so if you do forget it’s like ‘Wow, I’m glad somebody mentioned that, and now I can get that corrected today.’”
Grandview judge Donald Crow declared March 18 “Amnesty Day," meaning anyone who comes to the municipal court in good faith to address an outstanding Grandview municipal court warrant can do so without the fear of arrest from that warrant.
“It’s an opportunity to right the wrongs without fear of any repercussions,” said Mayor Jones.
Amnesty Day is a one day program from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Failure to appear fees will be waived and there is an opportunity to setup a payment plan for fines if you cannot pay in full and wish not to set a court date.
“The intent is what can we do to make it right and make it as easy and as painless as possible,” said Mayor Jones.
This is the fourth time the city has declared an Amnesty Day. In 2015, 178 warrants were resolved through the program.
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Brian Abel can be reached at brian.abel@kshb.com.
