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      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.