The offense of failure to appear is a Class C misdemeanor if the offense for which the person was required to appear is also a Class C misdemeanor.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It is a Class B misdemeanor
• D. It depends on the court

Answer: (A)

The penalty for failing to appear is tied to the class of the offense you were supposed to appear for. If that underlying offense is a Class C misdemeanor, then the failure to appear itself is also a Class C misdemeanor. This keeps the consequence proportional for minor charges: missing a court date on a Class C offense results in a Class C failure-to-appear charge. If the underlying offense were more serious, the failure-to-appear charge could be higher, reflecting the greater seriousness. So the statement is true because the rule assigns the same Class C level to the failure to appear when the original offense is Class C. The other options don’t fit because they imply a different, fixed or court-dependent rule, which isn’t how this statute is structured.