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15-13-111
Section 15-13-111 Kinds of bail. For persons arrested and taken into custody, there shall be
four kinds of bail used in this state. No other form of bail may be approved and accepted
by any judicial officer, court clerk, magistrate, or any other person designated to accept
and approve bail as stipulated in Division 1, Sections 15-13-100 to 15-13-110, inclusive.
The four kinds of bail shall be judicial public bail, cash bail, property bail, and professional
surety bail. Their definitions are as follows: (1) CASH BAIL. Cash bail is when the defendant
or some person on behalf of the defendant deposits cash in an amount equal to a part or the
total sum of the bail as set by the judicial officer to the clerk of the court having jurisdiction
over the case. Acceptance of cash bail shall conform to Division 9. (2) JUDICIAL PUBLIC BAIL.
Judicial public bail is the release of any defendant without any condition of an undertaking
relating to, or a deposit of, security. Such bail shall be granted...
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15-4-9
Section 15-4-9 Issuance and execution of arrest warrant for accused; appearance of accused
before judge. (a) If a jury summoned under this chapter finds that the deceased came to his
death by the act of another by unlawful means, the coroner may issue a warrant of arrest for
such person, which may be executed in the same manner as provided in Chapter 7 of this title.
(b) When arrested, the person must be brought before the district court of the county in which
the inquest was held, and the district court judge must proceed to examine the charge and
commit, bail or discharge the defendant as upon a warrant of arrest under the provisions of
such chapter. (Code 1852, §819; Code 1867, §4370; Code 1876, §3998; Code 1886, §4809;
Code 1896, §4932; Code 1907, §7170; Code 1923, §4565; Code 1940, T. 15, §84.)...
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6-6-45
Section 6-6-45 Execution of bond by plaintiff; discharge of levy. Such officer must, when the
attachment is sued out otherwise than upon the ground that the defendant is a nonresident,
further require the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney to execute a bond in double the amount
claimed, with sufficient surety, payable to the defendant, with the condition that the plaintiff
will prosecute the attachment to effect and pay the defendant all such damages as he may sustain
by the wrongful or vexatious suing out of such attachment. When the attachment is sued out
upon the ground that the defendant is a nonresident, such officer shall issue the writ with
or without a bond being given, as the plaintiff may elect. If such attachment is issued without
bond, that fact must be endorsed on the writ. Should the defendant before the return day thereof,
in person or through his agent or attorney, make an unqualified appearance in the case, it
is the duty of the clerk to issue notice to the plaintiff or...
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15-8-70
Section 15-8-70 Presentation to court and endorsement; limitations on entry in minutes and
inspection. All indictments must be presented to the court by the foreman of the grand jury
in the presence of at least 11 other jurors, must be endorsed "filed" and must have
the endorsement dated and signed by the clerk; but no entry of an indictment found must be
made on the minutes, nor must any indictment be inspected by any other person than the district
attorney, the presiding judge and the clerk of the court until the defendant has been arrested
or has given bail for his appearance. (Code 1852, §598; Code 1867, §4148; Code 1876, §4821;
Code 1886, §4386; Code 1896, §4914; Code 1907, §7152; Code 1923, §4547; Code 1940, T.
15, §250.)...
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12-19-311
signature bond, including a bond on electronic traffic and nontraffic citations, the fee shall
be affixed at twenty-five dollars ($25). For purposes of this section, face value of bond
shall mean the bond amount set by court or other authority at release, not the amount posted
at release on bail. (2) The fees assessed pursuant to paragraph a. of subdivision (1) of subsection
(a) are required whether the release from confinement or admittance to bail is based on cash,
judicial public bail, personal recognizance, a signature bond, including a bond on
electronic traffic and nontraffic citations for those serious traffic offenses enumerated
in Title 32, Chapter 5A, Article 9, an appearance bond, a secured appearance bond utilizing
security, a bond executed by a professional surety company, or a professional bail company
using professional bondsmen; provided, however that no fee shall be assessed pursuant to paragraph
a. of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) if a person is released on...
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15-21-2
Section 15-21-2 Persons entitled to prosecute writ - Persons confined for failure to enter
into undertaking to keep the peace. Any person confined in jail for failing to enter into
an undertaking to keep the peace may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus as provided in this
chapter; but such writ can be heard only by a judge of the circuit court, who may discharge
the applicant, remand him to jail or reduce the amount of the undertaking as may seem right.
If the amount of the undertaking is reduced, the sheriff must discharge the applicant upon
the entering into the undertaking in the sum fixed by such judge. (Code 1896, §4813; Code
1907, §7008; Code 1923, §4306; Code 1940, T. 15, §2.)...
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12-14-13
Section 12-14-13 Probation. (a) Municipal courts may suspend execution of sentence and place
a defendant on probation for varying periods of time, not to exceed two years. (b) The court
may require such investigations as may be deemed necessary and desirable to be made by a probation
officer or such other suitable person or persons as the court may designate as to the circumstances
of the offense and the criminal record, social history and present condition of the defendant.
(c) The court may suspend the execution of sentence and continue the defendant under an existing
bond or may require such additional bail as it deems necessary pending the disposition of
the application for probation. (d) The court shall determine and may, at any time, modify
the conditions of probation and may require the probationer to comply with the following or
any other conditions: (1) To avoid injurious or vicious habits; (2) To avoid persons or places
of disreputable or harmful character; (3) To report to...
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15-6-40
Section 15-6-40 Appeal to circuit court; form of undertaking on appeal. (a) Any person required
to keep the peace under the provisions of Article 2 of this chapter by any judge other than
a judge of an appellate or circuit court is entitled, on entering into an undertaking with
sufficient sureties in a sum equal to that required of him to keep the peace for the prosecution
of an appeal and in the meantime to keep the peace, to an appeal to the circuit court of the
county. The judge from whose order the appeal is taken may require such witnesses as he thinks
necessary to enter into an undertaking, in the sum of $100.00 each, to appear at such court.
(b) Any person committed to jail by any such judge for failing to give security to keep the
peace may appeal to the circuit court and may thereupon be discharged from custody on giving
bond with surety, in such penalty as the judge may prescribe, conditioned for his appearance
at such court and to keep the peace towards all the people of the...
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15-13-152
Section 15-13-152 Qualification for property bail. The qualifications for property bail are
that each surety be a resident of the state, and an owner of real property therein, and that
any property pledged shall be worth, exclusive of all encumbrances and homestead exemptions
presently against the property, the amount expressed in the appearance bond. Any proper approving
officer, in approving property bail, may allow more than one person to justify severally as
bail in amounts less than that expressed in the appearance bond, provided the whole be equivalent
to the amount in the appearance bond. The worth shall not be determined by the assessed value
of the property but shall be calculated, determined, and evaluated in the manner set forth
in the affidavit described in part (A) of this section. If the property owner(s) claim a homestead
exemption in the affidavit then they shall also execute the waiver of a homestead exemption
form as provided in part (B) below. The affidavit shall be...
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32-5A-195
of alcohol or under the influence of a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or
her incapable of safely driving or under the combined influence of alcohol and a controlled
substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving. (4) Any felony
in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used. (5) Failure to stop, render aid, or identify
himself or herself as required under the laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle
accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another. (6) Perjury or
the making of a false affidavit or statement under oath to the Secretary of the Alabama State
Law Enforcement Agency under this article or under any other law relating to the ownership
or operation of motor vehicles. (7) Conviction upon three charges of reckless driving committed
within a period of 12 months. (8) Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle belonging to another
which act does not amount to a felony. (k) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law...
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