Bail jumping in the third degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 215.55 Bail jumping in the third degree.
A person is guilty of bail jumping in the third degree when by court order he has been released from custody or allowed to remain at liberty, either upon bail or upon his own recognizance, upon condition that he will subsequently appear personally in connection with a criminal action or proceeding, and when he does not appear personally on the required date or voluntarily within thirty days thereafter.
Bail jumping in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
A person released by court order on bail or recognizance for a criminal action or proceeding commits third-degree bail jumping by not appearing on the required date or voluntarily within 30 days afterward. ★ The offense is a class A misdemeanor.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.