TITLE 18

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 74

BAIL JUMPING

18-7401.  Bail jumping — Default in required appearance. A person set at liberty by court order, with or without bail, upon condition that he will subsequently appear at a specified time and place, commits a misdemeanor if, without lawful excuse, he fails to appear at that time and place. The offense constitutes a felony where the required appearance was to answer to a charge of felony, or for disposition of any such charge, and the actor took flight or went into hiding to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment. This section does not apply to obligations to appear incident to release under suspended sentence or on probation or parole.

History:

[18-7401, added 1972, ch. 381, sec. 18, p. 1102.]