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A mother of five <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southwest/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in Texas</a> recently found herself in hot water after learning that she could go to jail over library books that her county claims were never returned.Kaylee Morgan took out books about <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/genres/arts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vincent van Gogh</a> from Navasota Public Library in Grimes County, Texas, in March 2023. She told Fox News Digital that she did, in fact, return all the books that she borrowed, but that one was too big to fit in a returns box.Court documents obtained by Fox News Digital show that the combined value of the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/genres/books" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two books</a> was $60, but Morgan was slapped with a bill of $569.50 – mostly fines and court fees. She was also charged with a city ordinance violation."Warrant is ACTIVE for Your Arrest," an alarming document read. "Act Now to Avoid Going to Jail."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/harvard-apologizes-removes-creepy-book-binding-made-human-skin-past-failures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HARVARD APOLOGIZES FOR, REMOVES CREEPY BOOK BINDING MADE OF HUMAN SKIN: 'PAST FAILURES'</a>But Morgan was unaware that the months-old documents existed until recently. The mom said that the issues began when she went through the innocent task of renewing her driver's license last week."So I go in and the DMV tells me that they cannot renew my license because I have a warrant out for my arrest, and I audibly laugh," she explained in a video posted to Facebook. "And I'm shocked because I haven't been pulled over, haven't got any tickets. It just doesn't make sense.""I mostly stay home. I homeschool my kids, so it just didn't compute, what she was saying."Morgan then called the local court to see what the trouble was – and was told that she had two past-due library books. The stressed-out mother then scheduled an appointment with the judge."It's so silly. So silly. I have a warrant out for my arrest for past due library books. Okay… this is not fake. This is not made up," she said, bewildered.READ THE COURT DOCUMENTS HERE:<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/pink-floyd-cd-returns-maryland-library-35-years-late" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PINK FLOYD'S 'WISH YOU WERE HERE' CD RETURNS TO MARYLAND LIBRARY 35 YEARS LATE</a>During her meeting with the county judge, Morgan explained that she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">homeschools her five children</a> and had a difficult pregnancy around the time the books were due."[In the meeting] I'm explaining that we returned the books," she said. "There was one that was too big to fit into the return box. And when we did return it, the system was down, but I definitely returned it.""And that, max, was two weeks late," Morgan added. "Maybe more than that, but I was pregnant and having some complications, and I was on bed rest."The judge's response was less than sympathetic, Morgan said.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/clint-eastwoods-biography-returned-library-38-years-late-mystery-borrower-avoids-6k-fees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLINT EASTWOOD BIOGRAPHY RETURNED TO LIBRARY 38 YEARS LATE, MYSTERY BORROWER AVOIDS $6K IN FEES</a>"She told me she didn't want to hear my excuses, that I needed to take responsibility," Morgan recalled. "She said, what I have done by not returning the library books is the same as stealing from Walmart.""So on my record it says that I have stolen government property. Bonkers, right? Just bonkers."The judge added that the warrant still stands, and that Morgan will not be allowed to renew her driver's license before she pays the $600 ticket – a hefty sum for a single-income family of five."She said, make no mistake that if you're driving in Grimes County with or without your kids, and you get pulled over, we will arrest you. So they will arrest me in front of my kids… I don't know what I'm going to do about this."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER</a>Morgan says she was technically was not served a warrant, because she was completely unaware of its existence."[The judge] said they issued the warrant, and somebody signed for it, and I said it wasn't me, she said. "I didn't sign for it. I would know if I had signed her warrant because I would not be driving. I don't want to go to jail. And I asked her who signed it, and she said, it doesn't matter."The mother has raised over $1,300 through GoFundMe, which has helped pay off the fines. Now she plans to hire a lawyer and get the whole mess removed from her record.Morgan told Fox News Digital that she has received a lot of support over the situation, and hasn't heard back from authorities since she publicized the situation."The response from the community is mostly overwhelmingly positive," she said. "There are a few who don’t understand that I DID turn the book in and others who think I’m doing a smear campaign." Fox News Digital reached out to the Navasota County judge, the Grimes County judge and the city manager for Navasota, but has not heard back.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle.</a>

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content: 'A mother of five <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southwest/texas"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">in Texas</a> recently found herself in hot water
 after learning that she could go to jail over library books that her county claims
 were never returned.Kaylee Morgan took out books about <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/genres/arts"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vincent van Gogh</a> from Navasota Public Library
 in Grimes County, Texas, in March 2023. She told Fox News Digital that she did,
 in fact, return all the books that she borrowed, but that one was too big to fit
 in a returns box.Court documents obtained by Fox News Digital show that the
 combined value of the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/genres/books"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">two books</a> was $60, but Morgan was slapped with
 a bill of $569.50 – mostly fines and court fees. She was also charged with a city
 ordinance violation."Warrant is ACTIVE for Your Arrest," an alarming document
 read. "Act Now to Avoid Going to Jail."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/harvard-apologizes-removes-creepy-book-binding-made-human-skin-past-failures"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">HARVARD APOLOGIZES FOR, REMOVES CREEPY BOOK
 BINDING MADE OF HUMAN SKIN: ''PAST FAILURES''</a>But Morgan was
 unaware that the months-old documents existed until recently. The mom said that
 the issues began when she went through the innocent task of renewing her driver''s
 license last week."So I go in and the DMV tells me that they cannot renew
 my license because I have a warrant out for my arrest, and I audibly laugh," she
 explained in a video posted to Facebook. "And I''m shocked because I haven''t been
 pulled over, haven''t got any tickets. It just doesn''t make sense.""I mostly
 stay home. I homeschool my kids, so it just didn''t compute, what she was saying."Morgan
 then called the local court to see what the trouble was – and was told that she
 had two past-due library books. The stressed-out mother then scheduled an appointment
 with the judge."It''s so silly. So silly. I have a warrant out for my arrest
 for past due library books. Okay… this is not fake. This is not made up," she said,
 bewildered.READ THE COURT DOCUMENTS HERE:<a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/pink-floyd-cd-returns-maryland-library-35-years-late"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">PINK FLOYD''S ''WISH YOU WERE HERE'' CD
 RETURNS TO MARYLAND LIBRARY 35 YEARS LATE</a>During her meeting
 with the county judge, Morgan explained that she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">homeschools her five children</a> and had a difficult
 pregnancy around the time the books were due."[In the meeting] I''m explaining
 that we returned the books," she said. "There was one that was too big to fit into
 the return box. And when we did return it, the system was down, but I definitely
 returned it.""And that, max, was two weeks late," Morgan added. "Maybe more
 than that, but I was pregnant and having some complications, and I was on bed rest."The
 judge''s response was less than sympathetic, Morgan said.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/clint-eastwoods-biography-returned-library-38-years-late-mystery-borrower-avoids-6k-fees"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLINT EASTWOOD BIOGRAPHY RETURNED TO LIBRARY
 38 YEARS LATE, MYSTERY BORROWER AVOIDS $6K IN FEES</a>"She told
 me she didn''t want to hear my excuses, that I needed to take responsibility," Morgan
 recalled. "She said, what I have done by not returning the library books is the
 same as stealing from Walmart.""So on my record it says that I have stolen
 government property. Bonkers, right? Just bonkers."The judge added that the
 warrant still stands, and that Morgan will not be allowed to renew her driver''s
 license before she pays the $600 ticket – a hefty sum for a single-income family
 of five."She said, make no mistake that if you''re driving in Grimes County
 with or without your kids, and you get pulled over, we will arrest you. So they
 will arrest me in front of my kids… I don''t know what I''m going to do about this."<a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK
 HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER</a>Morgan says
 she was technically was not served a warrant, because she was completely unaware
 of its existence."[The judge] said they issued the warrant, and somebody
 signed for it, and I said it wasn''t me, she said. "I didn''t sign for it. I would
 know if I had signed her warrant because I would not be driving. I don''t want to
 go to jail. And I asked her who signed it, and she said, it doesn''t matter."The
 mother has raised over $1,300 through GoFundMe, which has helped pay off the fines.
 Now she plans to hire a lawyer and get the whole mess removed from her record.Morgan
 told Fox News Digital that she has received a lot of support over the situation,
 and hasn''t heard back from authorities since she publicized the situation."The
 response from the community is mostly overwhelmingly positive," she said. "There
 are a few who don’t understand that I DID turn the book in and others who think
 I’m doing a smear campaign." Fox News Digital reached out to the Navasota
 County judge, the Grimes County judge and the city manager for Navasota, but has
 not heard back.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle.</a>'
summary: Texas mom-of-five Kaylee Morgan told Fox News Digital that she recently learned
 about a late book-related warrant in her name after she was unable to renew her
 driver&apos;s license.
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