Failure to respond to a summons
Sec. 6.5. (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 him 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 he was summoned to
appear.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.108, SEC.38. Amended by Acts 1982,
P.L.204, SEC.37.
Last modified: May 24, 2006