§ 5-54-131 — Absconding

(a) A person commits the offense of absconding if the person knowingly: (1) Leaves a designated residence while under house arrest ordered as a condition of the person's release on a criminal offense by a court of competent jurisdiction; (2) Leaves a designated area while wearing an electronic monitoring device ordered as a condition of the person's release on a criminal offense by a: (A) Court of competent jurisdiction; or (B) (i) Sheriff or his or her designee. (ii) A determination by a sheriff or his or her designee placing a person on electronic monitoring remains valid until changed by the sheriff or his or her designee; or (3) Fails to abide by the terms of his or her sentence or conditions imposed under § 16-90-122 concerning his or her release pending bed space at the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction by not reporting to a designated place or at a designated time in order to submit himself or herself to the custody of the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction to serve a period of incarceration he or she was previously ordered by a court to serve. (b) The offense of absconding is a Class D felony.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 505,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1993, No. 473, § 1; 1999, No. 755, § 1.