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15-13-101
Section 15-13-101 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) APPEARANCE
BOND. An appearance bond is an undertaking to pay the clerk of the circuit, district, or municipal
court, for the use of the State of Alabama or the municipality, a specified sum of money upon
the failure of a person released to comply with its conditions. (2) JUDICIAL OFFICER. Any
supreme court, appellate court, circuit court, district court, or municipal court judge or
any magistrate of any court in this state. (3) PROFESSIONAL BAIL COMPANY. A person, individual
proprietor, partnership, corporation, or other entity, other than a professional surety company,
that furnishes bail or becomes surety for a person on an appearance bond and does so for a
valuable consideration. (4) PROFESSIONAL BONDSMAN. An individual person or agent employed
by a professional surety company or professional bail company to...
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12-19-311
Section 12-19-311 Bail bond fees. (a)(1) In addition to all other charges, costs, taxes, or
fees levied by law on bail bonds, additional fees as detailed in paragraph a. and paragraph
b. shall be imposed on every bail bond in all courts of this state. The fee shall not be assessed
in traffic cases, except for those serious traffic offenses enumerated in Title 32, Chapter
5A, Article 9. Where multiple charges arise out of the same incident, the bond fee pursuant
to this section shall only be assessed on one charge. For the purposes of this section, the
term same incident shall be defined as the same date, location, and proximate time. Where
the charge is negotiating a worthless negotiable instrument, the fee shall not be assessed
more than three times annually per person charged. The fees shall be assessed as follows:
a. A filing fee in the amount of thirty-five dollars ($35) on each bond executed. b. For a
misdemeanor offense, a bail bond fee in the amount of 3.5 percent of the total...
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15-13-160
Section 15-13-160 Qualifications - Professional bail companies. No professional bail company
shall execute or become surety on any appearance bond in this state, unless it has an order
granting authorization to become professional surety on any bail. The order granting authorization
shall be reissued annually prior to January 1 of each year by the presiding circuit judge
of the county in which the company desires to execute bail or appearance bonds. Prior to the
judge's issuance of the original order and no later than December 1 of each year, thereafter,
professional bail companies shall submit annually to the presiding circuit judge the following:
(1) An original corporate surety bond or escrow agreement, filed and approved by the presiding
circuit judge of the county in which the professional bail company executes or becomes surety
on appearance bonds, in the amount of $25,000, guaranteeing the payment of all sums of money
that may become due by virtue of any judgment absolute that...
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15-13-159
Section 15-13-159 Qualifications - Professional surety company. No professional surety company
shall execute or become surety on any appearance bond in this state, unless it has an order
granting authorization to become professional surety on any bail. The order granting the authorization
shall be reissued annually, prior to January 1 of each year, by the presiding circuit judge
of the county in which the company desires to execute bail or appearance bonds. Prior to the
judge's issuance of the original order and no later than December 1 of each year, thereafter,
professional surety companies shall submit annually to the presiding circuit judge the following:
(1) An original or certified copy of a certificate of authority or certificate of compliance
from the Department of Insurance reflecting that the company is qualified to write a bail
line of insurance and that the company is in good standing with the department. (2) An original
qualifying power of attorney issued by the...
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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set
forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous
forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The
State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge
that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following
forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of
the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to
law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the
unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales
of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised),
which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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15-13-203
Section 15-13-203 Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board - Creation; composition; adoption
and enforcement of rules; compensation. (a) The Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board is
created to administer and enforce this article. The board shall consist of all of the following
members: (1) Seven professional bondsmen, one from each of the seven congressional districts
of the state, nominated by the Alabama Bail Bond Association and appointed by the Governor
from a list of not more than four nominees for each position on the board. For the initial
terms of office, the President of the Alabama Bail Bond Association shall be the professional
bondsman member of the board who represents the congressional district in which he or she
resides. The nominating and appointing authorities shall coordinate their nominations and
appointments to ensure that one of the professional bondsman members is the owner of a professional
bail bond company with at least 10 years of experience. Except as...
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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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32-1-6
Section 32-1-6 Depositing driver's license in lieu of bail in certain cases - Violation of
traffic ordinance of incorporated municipality. (a) Whenever any person lawfully possessed
of a chauffeur's or driver's license theretofore issued to him or her by the Department of
Public Safety of the State of Alabama, or under the laws of any other state or territory,
or the District of Columbia of the United States, shall be arrested and charged with any violation
of any traffic ordinance of any incorporated municipality, for which under the provisions
of such ordinance the arresting officer is directed to take a written bond, he or she shall
have the option of depositing his or her chauffeur's or driver's license so issued to him
or her with the arresting officer or the clerk of the district court or municipal court, in
lieu of any other security which may be required for his or her appearance in the district
court or municipal court in answer to such charge lodged in such court. (b) If such...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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15-13-201
Section 15-13-201 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board. (2) PROFESSIONAL
BONDSMAN. Any individual who is employed by a professional bail company to solicit and execute
appearance bonds or actively seek bail bond business for or on behalf of a professional bail
company, including any individual who has a direct or indirect ownership interest in a professional
bail company. (3) PROFESSIONAL SURETY BONDSMAN. Any individual who is employed by a professional
surety company to solicit and execute appearance bonds or actively seek bail bond business
for or on behalf of a professional surety company, including any individual who has a direct
or indirect ownership interest in a professional surety company. (4) RECOVERY AGENT. Any individual,
other than an attorney or law enforcement officer, utilized by a professional surety company,
professional bail company, or professional...
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