When a defendant charged with the offense of failure to maintain financial responsibility fails to appear, he or she may be charged with violation of promise to appear.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Only if the FMFR was involved in a separate incident
• D. Only with court approval

Answer: (B)

The key idea is that a violation of promise to appear happens only when someone has been released on a written promise to appear and then fails to show up. Simply failing to appear on a charge of failure to maintain financial responsibility does not automatically trigger that specific offense. In such cases, the court may pursue other consequences, like issuing a warrant or charging failure to appear or contempt, rather than a separate violation of promise to appear. So the statement isn’t generally correct.