If a defendant is convicted of failure to appear, is the court required to assess the $5 arrest reimbursement fee?

In cases of a defendant being convicted of failure to appear, the court is not mandated to assess the $5 arrest reimbursement fee. This fee is typically only applicable in situations where a law enforcement agency actually incurs costs for an arrest related to a failure to appear. If no arrest was made, or if there weren't associated costs from a law enforcement agency, the fee would not apply.

This means that if a warrant was never issued or if the defendant simply did not appear without any enforcement action taken, then the court cannot impose this fee. This helps to clarify that the imposition of the fee is contingent upon specific conditions such as an actual arrest being made.