19890627 1989-30ORDINANCE NO. 1989- 30
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTIONS 14-29 AND 14-30 OF
CHAPTER 14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX,
VIRGINIA, REGARDING MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax,
Virginia, that Sections 14-29 and 14-30, Chapter 14 be added to
the Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, which should read in
its entirety as follows:
Sec. 14-29. Failure to Appear
(a) Any person, who having been released from custody
after being admitted to bail, after being released upon terms
of recognizance or after being released on a summons, willfully
fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as
required, shall, after notice to all interested parties, incur
a forfeiture of any security which may have been given or
pledged for such release, unless one of the parties can show
good cause for excusing the absence, or unless the court, in its
sound discretion, shall determine that neither the interests of
justice nor the power of the court to conduct orderly proceed-
ings will be serviced by such forfeiture.
(b) Any person charged with a misdemeanor offense who
willfully fails to appear before any court as required shall be
guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Sec. 14-30. Unlawful Chanqe of Name.
If any person residing in this City changes his name or
assumes another name, unlawfully, he shall be guilty of a Class
3 misdemeanor.
This ordinance shall become effective upon execution by the
Mayor.
INTRODUCED:
PUBLIC HEARING:
ADOPTED:
June 13, 1989
June 27, 1989
June 27, 1989
ATTEST: