15-13-123
Section 15-13-123 Surety discharged - Failing to accept detainer. In all cases where any law
enforcement officer, as described in Section 15-13-122, who has custody of a defendant for
which a surety presents to the officer a bondsman's process in order to place a detainer on
the defendant, refuses to accept and place a detainer on the defendant or in detainer cases
where the defendant is released and the surety is not notified or given the opportunity to
arrest the defendant as set out in Section 15-13-122, the surety shall be exonerated of all
liability on the bail by the court having jurisdiction over the bail. (Acts 1993, No. 93-677,
p. 1259, §24.)...
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15-13-122
Section 15-13-122 Bondsman's process - Detainer. In instances in which the surety or sureties
have in their possession a bondsman's process for the defendant and the surety wishes to place
a detainer against the defendant with the officer having custody of the defendant, all law
enforcement officers of the State of Alabama, or its subdivisions, who have custody of any
defendant under bail within the terms of this chapter, shall accept the bondsman's process
as a detainer and hold the defendant in custody until the case pending against the defendant
in the jurisdiction having custody, has been discharged or until the defendant is authorized
to be released from custody by other means set out by law. Upon discharge or release, the
officer having custody shall notify the surety that the defendant is ready to be released
and the surety shall arrest the defendant and return the defendant to the court of jurisdiction.
After the officer has given the surety notice of the release, the surety...
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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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15-13-111
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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15-13-107
Section 15-13-107 Who may or shall accept, take, and approve bail and under what circumstances.
(a) Judges of any court within the State of Alabama may accept, take, and approve bail within
the jurisdiction of their respective courts. (b) Circuit, district, and municipal court clerks,
including magistrates, may accept, take, and approve bail within the jurisdiction of their
respective courts. (c) Only judicial officers and circuit, district, and municipal court clerks
or a designee of the court may accept and approve appeal bonds and cash bonds. Provided, however,
that any person designated by the court to receive cash bonds, shall be bonded to receive
court moneys and have the written approval of their chief administrative officer. Clerks of
the courts of Alabama may delegate to their employees the right to accept and approve appeal
bonds and cash bonds. (d) Sheriffs of the state and chiefs of police having custody of a defendant
may accept, take, and approve property or professional...
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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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15-13-144
Section 15-13-144 Notice to prosecutor. Prior to the hearing, the judicial officer shall have
the clerk of the court give a minimum notice of 72 hours to the district attorney of the circuit
of the jurisdiction, or to an assistant district attorney of the jurisdiction for that purpose,
or the prosecuting officer of the municipal court in municipal court cases, that a person
seeks to be released on judicial public bail and notice shall stipulate the time of the hearing.
No person shall be released on judicial public bail unless notice is given. Upon receipt of
the notice, the district attorney, or prosecutor, or his or her assistant shall be entitled
to be heard at the hearing on the merits of the conditions of release, and the hearing shall
be at a time, date, and place certain wherein all parties shall appear and proceedings shall
be a matter of record. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as granting or
affording the defendant an absolute right to be released on...
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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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12-14-51
Section 12-14-51 Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates.
(a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of the municipal court administrative
agency. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates
by class or position and, in addition thereto, provide for the appointment of other magistrates
by the Administrative Director of Courts, upon recommendation by municipal judges. (c) The
powers of a magistrate shall be limited to the following: (1) Issuance of arrest warrants.
(2) Granting of bail in minor misdemeanor prosecutions in accordance with the discretionary
bail schedule and approving property, cash, and professional surety bonds upon a municipal
judge's approval. (3) Receiving of pleas of guilty in minor misdemeanors where a schedule
of fines has been prescribed by rule. (4) Accountability to the municipal court for all uniform
traffic tickets and complaints issued, including all...
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15-13-190
Section 15-13-190 Procedures upon arrest; conditions of release or bail. (a) A person arrested
for domestic violence in the first degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-130, domestic violence
in the second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-131, domestic violence in the third degree,
pursuant to Section 13A-6-132, interference with a domestic violence emergency call, in violation
of Section 13A-6-137, or domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation, pursuant to Section
13A-6-138, or a violation of a domestic violence protection order, may not be admitted to
bail until after an appearance before a judge or magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest,
and if the person is not taken before a judge or magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest,
he or she shall be afforded an opportunity to make bail in accordance with the Alabama Rules
of Criminal Procedure. (b) The judge or magistrate may impose conditions of release or bail
on the person to protect the alleged victim of domestic violence or...
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