What kind of warrant can come from not paying a judgement?
If the judgment is for nonpayment of a debt, no arrest warrant will be issued. There aren’t enough jail cells to hold all the people who have bad debts. Remember: many, many people left The Old World to come to America when debtor’s prisons were emptied. Being put in prison for inability to pay debts left a bad taste in the mouths of the citizens of the original 13 colonies. That carried over into the formation of our country. So there have never been debtor’s prisons in the USA. I doubt if you would be arrested for bad checks either: again, not enough jail cells. If the check(s) are fraudulent, then that’s a criminal case. Arrest and either bail or jail would apply. Both nonpayment of debt and writing insufficient funds (NSF) checks are generally civil cases, not criminal cases. But if the judgment has anything to do with a criminal case – as in fraudulent checks or nonpayment of fines and/or probation fees stemming from a misdemeanor or felony criminal case – then you could be arrest
