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15-13-24
Section 15-13-24 Judicial and ministerial officers prohibited from becoming surety for bail
or signing bonds, etc. It shall not be lawful for any judicial or ministerial officer of this
state to sign as surety an undertaking of bail for any prisoner or other person tried before
him, to put in his charge under any criminal accusation or to sign any bond or other obligation
for the release or appearance of such person, either before himself or any other officer or
officers. (Code 1876, §4586; Code 1886, §4423; Code 1896, §4365; Code 1907, §6345; Code
1923, §3378; Code 1940, T. 15, §203; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)...
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36-10-11
Section 36-10-11 Signing of bond, etc., for appearance or release of prisoner, etc., by judicial,
executive or ministerial officer of court having criminal jurisdiction. Any judicial, executive
or ministerial officer of any court having criminal jurisdiction who becomes bail for any
prisoner or other person under any criminal accusation or signs any bond or other obligation
for the release or appearance of such person before himself or before any other officer or
court shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 and may also
be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 12 months. (Code 1876, §4148; Code 1886,
§3961; Code 1896, §5124; Code 1907, §7438; Code 1923, §5029; Code 1940, T. 41, §215.)...
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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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15-13-101
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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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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27-24-2
Section 27-24-2 Sole surety - Corporations. Except as provided in Section 27-24-4, whenever
any person or corporation is, or may be, required or permitted to execute bond or other undertaking,
of whatsoever nature, with surety, or sureties, for the faithful discharge or performance
of the duties of any state, county, municipal, precinct, township, district, or corporate
office or position or of any position of public or private trust or employment for the faithful
discharge or performance of any duty or for the doing or not doing of anything in such bond
or undertaking specified or when any person or corporation is required or permitted to execute
any bond or other undertaking, of whatsoever nature, with surety or sureties, in any judicial
proceeding or as guardian, executor, administrator, receiver, assignee, or trustee, the court,
officer, or person having authority or charged with the duty of approving such bond or undertaking
may, if such bond or undertaking is otherwise...
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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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15-13-22
Section 15-13-22 Qualifications for bail; bond required for bondsmen; qualification when sufficiency
of bail doubtful. (a) Each person signing as surety an undertaking of bail must be: (1) A
resident of this state; and (2) Worth, exclusive of property exempt from execution, the amount
expressed in the undertaking; but the court or magistrate, in taking bail, may allow more
than two persons to justify severally as bail in amounts less than that expressed in the undertaking,
provided the whole is equivalent to two sufficient bails. (b) The court or magistrate in taking
bail, in lieu of the foregoing, may allow a corporation, foreign or domestic, qualified to
do a bonding business in this state and authorized to execute the undertaking of bail, to
execute such bail. (c) Every person engaged in the business of making bail bonds and charging
therefor, except corporations qualified to do a bonding business in this state, shall be required,
in addition to all other requirements of this...
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45-36-232.32
Section 45-36-232.32 Bribery. Any person engaged in the business of undertaking to act as surety
on bail bonds in Jackson County, or any servant, agent, or employee of any person, firm, or
corporation engaged in the business of acting as surety on bail bonds in Jackson County who
shall pay a fee or rebate or give or promise to give anything of value including any stock
or beneficial interest in a surety or bail bond company to a sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman,
peace officer, warrant magistrate, or any other person who has the power to arrest or to hold
another person in custody, or to any public official or public employee in order to induce
any such sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or other public official or
employee to favor any person, firm, or corporation in any activities related to the bail bond
business, including, but not limited to, the approval or disapproval of bail bonds, and access
to any jail where prisoners are housed, shall be guilty of...
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45-45-233.32
Section 45-45-233.32 Bribery. Any person engaged in the business of undertaking to act as surety
on bail bonds in Madison County, or any servant, agent, or employee of any person, firm, or
corporation engaged in the business of acting as surety on bail bonds in Madison County who
shall pay a fee or rebate or give or promise to give anything of value including any stock
or beneficial interest in a surety or bail bond company to a sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman,
peace officer, warrant magistrate, or any other person who has the power to arrest or to hold
another person in custody, or to any public official or public employee in order to induce
any sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or other public official or employee
to favor any person, firm, or corporation in any activities related to the bail bond business
including, but not limited to, the approval or disapproval of bail bonds, and access to any
jail where prisoners are housed shall be guilty of bribery and...
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