(1) Failure to appear is intentionally incurring a forfeiture of an appearance bond and failing to surrender oneself within thirty (30) days following the date of such forfeiture by one who is charged with a public offense and has been released on bond for appearance before the municipal court of Olathe, for trial or other proceeding prior to conviction, or willfully incurring a forfeiture of an appearance bond and failing to surrender oneself within thirty (30) days after his or her conviction of a public offense has become final by one who has been released on an appearance bond by the municipal court of Olathe.

(2) Any person who is released upon his or her own recognizance, without surety, or who fails to appear in response to a summons or traffic citation, shall be deemed a person released on bond for appearance within the meaning of subsection (1) of this Section.

(3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this Section shall not apply to any person who forfeits a cash bond supplied pursuant to law upon an arrest for a traffic offense.

Failure to appear is a Class B Public Offense. (Ord. 04-38 § 1, 2004; Ord. 83-75 § 2, 1983.)