Failure to Respond to a Summons

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Sec. 10. (a) A person who, having been issued:

(1) a complaint and summons in connection with an infraction or ordinance violation; or

(2) a summons, or summons and promise to appear, in connection with a misdemeanor violation;

notifying the person to appear at a specific time and place, intentionally fails to appear at the specified time and place commits failure to respond to a summons, a Class C misdemeanor.

(b) It is no defense that judgment was entered in favor of the person in the infraction or ordinance proceeding or that the person was acquitted of the misdemeanor for which the person was summoned to appear.

As added by P.L.126-2012, SEC.54.


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