Bail jumping in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 215.57 Bail jumping in the first degree.
A person is guilty of bail jumping in the first 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 an indictment pending against him which charges him with the commission of a class A or class B felony, and when he does not appear personally on the required date or voluntarily within thirty days thereafter.
Bail jumping in the first degree is a class D felony.
A person released by court order on bail or recognizance for an indictment charging a class A or class B felony commits first-degree bail jumping by not appearing on the required date or voluntarily within 30 days afterward. ★ The offense is a class D felony.
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.