Statute 21-3813: Failure to appear.
(a) Failure to appear is intentionally incurring a forfeiture of an
appearance bond and failing to surrender oneself within 30 days
following the date of such forfeiture by one who is charged with a
misdemeanor and has been released on bond for appearance before any
court of this state, other than the municipal court of a city,
for trial or other proceeding prior to conviction, or
intentionally
incurring a forfeiture of an appearance bond and failing to surrender
oneself within 30 days after such
person's conviction of a misdemeanor
has become final by one who has been released on an appearance bond by
any court of this state.
(b) Any person who is released upon the person's own
recognizance, without
surety, or who fails to appear in response to a summons or traffic
citation, shall be deemed a person released on bond for appearance
within the meaning of subsection (a).
(c) The provisions of subsection (a)
shall not apply
to any person who forfeits a cash bond supplied pursuant to law upon an
arrest for a traffic offense.
(d) Failure to appear is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3813; L. 1970, ch. 124, § 5;
L. 1977, ch. 105, § 9;
L. 1992, ch. 298, § 54;
L. 1993, ch. 291, § 106; July 1.