15-11-11
Section 15-11-11 Amount of bail to be endorsed on commitment; discharge of defendant. Whenever
a person is committed to jail for a bailable offense under the provisions of this chapter,
the court must endorse on the commitment the amount of bail required and sign his name thereto.
The sheriff of the county to which the defendant is committed may discharge him on giving
sufficient bail in the amount so endorsed and must, in such case, return the undertaking to
the court to which such person is bound to appear within five days thereafter. (Code 1852,
§465; Code 1867, §4014; Code 1876, §4684; Code 1886, §4291; Code 1896, §5240; Code 1907,
§7608; Code 1923, §5241; Code 1940, T. 15, §144.)...
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22-52-11
Section 22-52-11 Retention of jurisdiction by probate court over person committed. The probate
court involuntarily committing a respondent shall retain jurisdiction over the respondent
concurrently with the probate court of the county in which the respondent is subsequently
located for so long as the respondent is subject to the commitment order, and the probate
court committing the respondent may hold any hearing regarding the respondent at any place
within the State of Alabama where the respondent may be located. (Acts 1975, No. 1226, p.
2562, §13; Acts 1977, No. 670, p. 1143; Acts 1991, No. 91-440, p. 783, §18.)...
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15-11-10
Section 15-11-10 When defendant committed to bail or jail; form of commitment. (a) If upon
a preliminary examination it appears that an offense has been committed and that there is
probable cause to believe that the defendant is guilty thereof, he must be discharged, if
the offense is bailable, upon giving sufficient bail. If sufficient bail is not given or if
the offense is not bailable, he must be committed to jail by an order in writing. (b) The
form of commitment may be in substance as follows: "The State of Alabama, _____ County.
To the jailer of _____ County: On the examination of A. B., charged with the offense of murder
(or other offense, as the case may be, describing it by name, or so that it may be clearly
inferred), it appearing that such offense has been committed and that there is sufficient
cause to believe that A. B. is guilty thereof, you are, therefore, commanded to receive him
into your custody and to detain him until he is legally discharged. Dated this ____ day of...

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15-16-43
Section 15-16-43 Commitment of defendant upon finding of mental illness. If, at the final hearing,
the court finds that the defendant is mentally ill and as a consequence of such mental illness
poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to himself or to others, the court shall
order the defendant committed to the custody of the Commissioner of the Alabama State Department
of Mental Health or to such other public facility as the court may order. If the court does
not make such a finding, then the defendant shall be released from custody forthwith. (Acts
1981, No. 81-708, p. 1189, §3.)...
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14-6-16
Section 14-6-16 Commitment or discharge of prisoners - Duty to file process or order. It is
the duty of the sheriff or of the jailer under his direction to file in regular order and
safely preserve the process or order by which any prisoner is committed to jail or discharged
therefrom or an attested copy of such process or order. (Code 1852, §238; Code 1867, §3786;
Code 1876, §4488; Code 1886, §4538; Code 1896, §4949; Code 1907, §7194; Code 1923, §4804;
Code 1940, T. 45, §119.)...
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22-11A-31
Section 22-11A-31 Commitment petition - Rules to apply at hearings. At all hearings conducted
by the probate judge in relation to a petition to commit any person to the custody of the
Alabama Department of Public Health or such other facility as the court may order, the following
rules shall apply: (1) The person sought to be committed shall be present unless, prior to
the hearing, the attorney for such person has filed in writing a waiver of the presence of
such person on the ground that the presence of such person would be dangerous to such person's
health or that such person's conduct could reasonably be expected to prevent the hearing from
being held in an orderly manner, and the probate judge has judicially found and determined
from evidence presented in an adversary hearing that the person proposed to be committed is
so mentally or physically ill as to be incapable of attending such proceedings. Upon such
findings, an order shall be entered approving the waiver. (2) The person...
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22-52-10.4
Section 22-52-10.4 Findings necessary for inpatient treatment; order when no treatment available.
(a) A respondent may be committed to inpatient treatment if the probate court finds, based
upon clear and convincing evidence that: (i) the respondent is mentally ill; (ii) as a result
of the mental illness the respondent poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to
self and/or others; (iii) the respondent will, if not treated, continue to suffer mental distress
and will continue to experience deterioration of the ability to function independently; and
(iv) the respondent is unable to make a rational and informed decision as to whether or not
treatment for mental illness would be desirable. (b) If the probate judge finds that no treatment
is presently available for the respondent's mental illness, but that confinement is necessary
to prevent the respondent from causing substantial harm to himself or to others, the order
committing the respondent shall provide that, should...
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14-6-6
Section 14-6-6 Commitment to nearest sufficient jail to insure safekeeping. In all criminal
cases, either before or after conviction, and in cases of contempt, if it is shown to the
court, judge or committing magistrate that the jail of the proper county is insecure or insufficient
for the safekeeping of the prisoner or that there is no jail in the county, the commitment
must be to the nearest sufficient jail and the reason of such change must be entered on the
minutes of the court, or stated in the warrant or endorsed thereon and signed by the magistrate.
The jailer of the county to which the commitment is made must receive and confine the prisoner
on such commitment or a certified copy of such order. (Code 1852, §252; Code 1867, §3800;
Code 1876, §4500; Code 1886, §4548; Code 1896, §4959; Code 1907, §7204; Code 1923, §4814;
Code 1940, T. 45, §132.)...
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22-52-10.8
Agency shall as soon as possible thereafter enter the order in the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System (NICS) and the information shall be entered into the NICS Index Denied
Persons File. The records maintained pursuant to this section shall only be used for purposes
of determining eligibility to purchase or transfer a firearm. Information furnished shall
not include confidential medical or treatment records, confidential tax or financial data,
library records, or other personal information. (b) Any person who has been adjudicated
mentally deficient or committed to a mental institution and who is subject to the firearm
disabilities of 18 U.S.C. Section 922 (d)(4) and (g)(4), and who is subject to the firearm
disabilities of Sections 13A-11-72 and 13A-11-75, because he or she has been determined by
law or legal process to be of unsound mind, may petition the district court for a civil review
of the person's mental capacity to purchase a firearm. The petitioner may...
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15-11-14
Section 15-11-14 Failure or refusal of witness to enter undertaking; discharge of witness upon
entering into undertaking. (a) Any witness required under this chapter to enter into an undertaking,
with or without surety, may be committed to jail on failure or refusal to do so. (b) In cases
arising under subsection (a) of this section, the court must state in the commitment the amount
of the undertaking and whether surety is required; and the witness must be discharged by the
sheriff on entering into the undertaking as required. (Code 1852, §§471, 472; Code 1867,
§§4020, 4021; Code 1876, §§4690, 4691; Code 1886, §§4296, 4297; Code 1896, §§5245,
5246; Code 1907, §§7613, 7614; Code 1923, §§5246, 5247; Code 1940, T. 15, §§149, 150.)...

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