Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 702 – Failure to answer summons; penalty
(a) Whoever fails to answer any summons to appear in any court of competent jurisdiction to answer for any violation of the motor vehicle laws of this State, after notice thereof served personally or securely fastened to the motor vehicle of which such person is the owner or operator, shall be fined, for the first offense, not less than $25 nor more than $50. For each subsequent like offense, such person shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100, or imprisoned not less than 2 nor more than 15 days or both.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 702
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
(b) The offense set forth in subsection (a) of this section above shall not be charged in any case in which a court of competent jurisdiction has already issued a capias or bench warrant for the failure to answer the original summons, or in any case where the defendant‘s driver’s license or driving privileges have been suspended as a result of failure to pay the summons through voluntary assessment pursuant to § 709(j) of this title.
36 Del. Laws, c. 10, §§ ?141, 145; 40 Del. Laws, c. 38, § ?4; Code 1935, §§ ?5679, 5683; 45 Del. Laws, c. 292, § ?2; 48 Del. Laws, c. 195; 21 Del. C. 1953, § ?703; 65 Del. Laws, c. 503, § ?2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 18, § ?1;