Crash after getting arrested/paying bounty, looking for solutions

[Strange Days]

For some reason, when ever i get arrested and choose one of the options i.e go to jail or pay bounty, my game crashes. This only happens though in whiterun where i have 14000+ bounty.
Help please?

[Digstar]

Originally posted by xxsomeperson88xx:

For some reason, when ever i get arrested and choose one of the options i.e go to jail or pay bounty, my game crashes. This only happens though in whiterun where i have 14000+ bounty.
Help please?

It could be a fines enforcment restriction. No gameplay till you've paid up LOL. Sorry sounded funnier in my head than it actually was due to my previous job.

[Marethyu]

i think i know the problem...
right click the skyrim game in your library and click properties and go to local files then click on verify integrity of game cache. this fixed a lot of my problems after lots of play so i hope it helps!

[Strange Days]

Originally posted by Marethyu:

i think i know the problem...
right click the skyrim game in your library and click properties and go to local files then click on verify integrity of game cache. this fixed a lot of my problems after lots of play so i hope it helps!

Tried it and it didn't work.

[Solomon Hawk]

14000 + bounty????? Dude .... LMAO what in the heck you been doing there?
I've had some bounties on my head, but nothing like that.
But seriously, the only a couple of things I can suggest and one I'm sure you won't like.
1. Reload a previous save before the bounty got out of hand.
2. Start a new game under a new character and see if the problem persists ... just do something to get arrested and see whether or not the game still crashes. You don't have to keep the character after you confirm the problem and can delete those saves related to the new character.
But if the crash doesn't happen with a new character, I suspect it's some bug related to that high bounty on the original character. In that case, I'd reload a prior save (that most likely means losing a few levels). Then go back into the town to see if the problem has cleared.

Barring that, should all else fail .... I'd start a new game and try to be more careful about hacking and slashing.

**something else just occured to me. Check to make sure the bounty on your head matches the bounty you have to pay. If they don't match, that could cause a crash. **

[Digstar]

Originally posted by Councilor Quentius:

there are 0 solutions at the moment so you're never going to be able to pay the bounty unless you make a new character and don't get a bounty.

Incorrect. Console cheats would fix the lack of cash. You could also quickly create a follower in the creation kit and include a huge amt of gold in the followers inventory.

BTW.... did you realise the date of the post you replied to?

[Araqiel]

I don't know if you have this problem on your current save still or not but this list of codes helped me:player.setcrimegold 0 267E3
player.setcrimegold 0 28170
player.setcrimegold 0 29DB0
player.setcrimegold 0 2816D
player.setcrimegold 0 2816E
player.setcrimegold 0 2816C
player.setcrimegold 0 2816B
player.setcrimegold 0 267EA
player.setcrimegold 0 2816F

player.paycrimegold 1 0 267E3
player.paycrimegold 1 0 28170
player.paycrimegold 1 0 29DB0
player.paycrimegold 1 0 2816D
player.paycrimegold 1 0 2816E
player.paycrimegold 1 0 2816C
player.paycrimegold 1 0 2816B
player.paycrimegold 1 0 267EA
player.paycrimegold 1 0 2816F
create a text file in your data folder and call it bounty then add these codes to it.Then in game type bat bounty in the console it will remove all bounty's without the crash.enjoy;)

[Aaaaaaaaaaa]

Originally posted by Strange parrot:

I don't know if you have this problem on your current save still or not but this list of codes helped me:player.setcrimegold 0 267E3
player.setcrimegold 0 28170
player.setcrimegold 0 29DB0
player.setcrimegold 0 2816D
player.setcrimegold 0 2816E
player.setcrimegold 0 2816C
player.setcrimegold 0 2816B
player.setcrimegold 0 267EA
player.setcrimegold 0 2816F

player.paycrimegold 1 0 267E3
player.paycrimegold 1 0 28170
player.paycrimegold 1 0 29DB0
player.paycrimegold 1 0 2816D
player.paycrimegold 1 0 2816E
player.paycrimegold 1 0 2816C
player.paycrimegold 1 0 2816B
player.paycrimegold 1 0 267EA
player.paycrimegold 1 0 2816F
create a text file in your data folder and call it bounty then add these codes to it.Then in game type bat bounty in the console it will remove all bounty's without the crash.enjoy;)

I'm necro'ing this thread because this problem can still happen (mistakenly hit friendly NPC during dragon battle or something similar) and the top Google Search result for "skyrim crashes when I go to jail" doesn't work for me. This is the #2 result and what Strange parrot mentioned works like a charm.

[Natsumekhun]

I tried Comrade Commisar's idea but it only made my game freeze and crash ... sadly I'm at the point where if I can't fix this problem I'll just play running from the guards all the time I guess since nothing else works.

[Smogen]

In my case, it was probably caused by some stolen item. When I dropped everything and then talked to a guard to arrest me, I payed my fine (50G) and he easily let me go.

I always steal a lot when I play, and I mean a lot. Like, I spend 60% of my time playing just stealing stuff. Now, I assume that its a specific item that causes this problem, but with the load of stolen goods I have, which I also partly use as equipment, I really dont want to force 100 crashes until I find out.
Maybe someone who has that problem can test this and guess which item he recently stole that might cause this problem?

[m3rlin]

player.paycrimegold 0 0 <faction code>
Goes into the console, worked for me. It will pay the bounty immediately, so you need the amount of gold.

The faction codes:
00028170 - Crime Faction Falkreath
000267E3 - Crime Faction Eastmarch (Windhelm)
00029DB0 - Crime Faction Haafingar (Solitude)
0002816D - Crime Faction Hjaalmarch (Morthal)
0002816e - Crime Faction The Pale (Dawnstar)
0002816C - Crime Faction The Reach (Markarth)
0002816B - Crime Faction The Rift (Riften)
000267EA - Crime Faction Whiterun
0002816F - Crime Faction Winterhold

[BlackPhoenix]

This kept happening to me, turns out...It's open cities, I disabled the mod and the system worked perfectly. This probably doesn't help though.

[nicolasmanning03]

Any solutions for the switch?