H. B. 3184
(By Delegate Warner)
[Introduced February 21, 2003; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article one, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
ten, relating to crimes against the government; making it a
crime for a person to fail to appear in court when under a
mandate to do so; and specifying criminal penalties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That amend article one, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section ten, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. CRIMES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
§61-1-10.
Failure to Appear; penalties.
Where any person has failed to appear in any court in this
state on a criminal matter in accordance with a citation, summons, warrant, bond or court ordered continuance, in addition to any
other remedies provided in this code, that person is guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more
than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the regional or county
jail not more than thirty days. Each court date missed constitutes
a separate offense.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make it a misdemeanor for
a person to fail to appear for court.
This section is new; therefore strike-throughs and underlining
have been omitted.
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