If you have been convicted of a crime and placed on probation there is usually some paperwork to sign. Even the most informal municipal courts will provide you with some conditions of probation and make you sign a document that says you understand the conditions and will abide by the conditions. If you think that the prosecutor intends to revoke your probation for violating the terms you agreed to abide by always look to the original documents you signed. The probation contract will usually dictate the duration of time that the prosecutor has to try to revoke your probation for an alleged violation.
Most of the time the prosecutor will have 60-90 days after the term of your probation to find out about violations. Here is how it works;
Where it gets complicated is when the prosecutor doesn’t know about the violation until close to the end of the probation or after the probation term has ended. This is common when the violation is a new crime and it occurred in another state. The prosecutor may not find out about the violation until after the probation ends. In this case here is how it works;
If you have a pending motion to revoke probation you need to sit down with a criminal defense lawyer and look over your case. We assist clients with motions to revoke probation in Johnson County, Overland Park, Merriam, Mission, Leawood, Prairie Village, Shawnee, Lenexa and in many courts in across the Kansas City Metro.