NYSentencing

§ 215.58 Failing to respond to an appearance ticket.
  1. A person is guilty of failing to respond to an appearance ticket when,
having been personally served with an  appearance  ticket,  as  defined  in
subdivision  two, based upon his alleged commission of a crime, he does not
appear  personally  in  the  court  in  which  such  appearance  ticket  is
returnable  on  the  return  date thereof or voluntarily within thirty days
thereafter.
  2.  As used in this section, an appearance ticket means a written notice,
whether referred to as a summons or by any other name, issued by  a  police
officer,  peace  officer or other non-judicial public servant authorized by
law to issue the same,  directing  a  designated  person  to  appear  in  a
designated  court at a designated future time in connection with a criminal
action to  be  instituted  in  such  court  with  respect  to  his  alleged
commission of a designated offense.
  3.   This  section  does not apply to any case in which an alternative to
response to an appearance  ticket  is  authorized  by  law  and  the  actor
complies with such alternative procedure.
  Failing to respond to an appearance ticket is a violation.
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