15-13-117
Section 15-13-117 Authorized arrest of defendant by surety and exoneration of bail prior to
conditional forfeiture. The sureties of bail may, at any time before a conditional forfeiture
is entered against them, exonerate themselves by surrendering the defendant to the jail having
the authority of keeping custody of prisoners of the court having jurisdiction of defendant's
case. For that purpose, the surety may arrest the defendant on a bondsman's warrant at any
place in the state, or may authorize another person to arrest the defendant by an endorsement
in writing on the warrant. The bondsman's warrant shall be issued as required by this chapter
and a certified copy of the undertaking shall be attached thereto. (Acts 1993, No. 93-677,
p. 1259, §18.)...
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15-13-128
Section 15-13-128 Form for bondsman's process. The following shall be substantially the form
to be used for a bondsman's process. BONDSMAN'S PROCESS STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ___. (or)
CITY OF ___. WHEREAS, the Sureties on the bail of the defendant _____, in case number _____,
have expressed their desire to surrender the defendant to the custody of _____ of (City or
County), Alabama, and such desire has been expressed to the clerk of the _____ Court of the
City/County of _____, Alabama, and, WHEREAS, the clerk has checked the records and case number
_____ is still pending and the defendant nor his or her sureties have been discharged of their
obligations, or the records of case number _____ reflect that the defendant has failed to
appear on the obligation of bail as required and a warrant has been issued for the arrest
of the defendant. NOW, THEREFORE, this document is issued, as required by law, and the document
gives the right to the Sureties (bondsmen) to arrest...
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15-13-62
Section 15-13-62 Exoneration of bail by surrender of defendant prior to conditional judgment;
bail may arrest or authorize arrest of principal. Bail may, at any time before a conditional
judgment is entered against them, exonerate themselves by surrendering the defendant; and
for that purpose, they may arrest the defendant on a certified copy of the undertaking at
any place in the state, or may authorize another person to arrest him by an endorsement in
writing on such copy. (Code 1852, §609; Code 1867, §4250; Code 1876, §4859; Code 1886,
§4429; Code 1896, §4371; Code 1907, §6351; Code 1923, §3384; Code 1940, T. 15, §209;
Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)...
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15-13-126
Section 15-13-126 Return of bondsman's process. (a) All bondsman's processes, when executed
by sureties or other lawful authorized persons, shall be returned by the sheriff, chief of
police, or other authorized law enforcement officer to the clerk of the court from which they
were issued once the defendant is returned to the custody of the court of jurisdiction with
the proper return thereon endorsed. (b) If the bondsman's process is executed, the return
shall be made within five days after service. (c) When any writ of arrest or other warrant
issued by the clerk of the court, in the same case as a bondsman's process, to any law enforcement
officer and the warrant has been executed and returned to the clerk of the court, the clerk
shall notify the surety which obtained the bondsman's process, and if the bondsman's process
has not been executed at the time of the notice, then the surety shall return the process
to the clerk of the court within five days and the surety shall endorse...
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11-45-9.1
schedule of fines; additional penalty for failure to appear; disposition of fines. (a) By ordinance,
the governing body of any municipality may authorize any law enforcement officer of a municipality
or any law enforcement officer of the state, in lieu of placing persons under custodial arrest,
to issue a summons and complaint to any person charged with violating any municipal littering
ordinance; municipal ordinance which prohibits animals from running at large, which shall
include leash laws and rabies control laws; or any Class C misdemeanor or violation
not involving violence, threat of violence or alcohol or drugs. (b) Such summons and complaint
shall be on a form approved by the governing body of the municipality and shall contain the
name of the court; the name of the defendant; a description of the offense, including the
municipal ordinance number; the date and time of the offense; the place of the offense; signature
of the officer issuing the citation; the scheduled...
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15-13-131
Section 15-13-131 Proceeding in forfeiture of bail - Not cash - Conditional forfeitures order.
(a) When a defendant fails to appear in court as required by the undertaking of bail and no
sufficient excuse has been provided to the court prior to the hearing, the court shall order
a conditional forfeiture and show cause order against the defendant and the sureties of the
bail. The court shall notify defendant and sureties of the order as set out in this article.
The defendant or sureties, or both, shall file a written response with the clerk of the court
within 28 days of the date of service of the notice why the bond should not be forfeited.
If a written response is filed within the time allowed and the court is of the opinion the
written response is sufficient, the court shall set aside the conditional forfeiture. If the
court is of the opinion the written response is not sufficient, the court shall set a hearing
to determine whether the bond should be forfeited. The hearing shall not...
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15-13-118
Section 15-13-118 Arrest of defendant by surety after conditional forfeiture. After the entry
of a conditional forfeiture against any surety on an undertaking of bail, the surety may arrest
the defendant as provided in Section 15-13-117, but the arrest and delivery of the defendant
to the authorized jail as stated in Section 15-13-117 shall not exonerate the surety unless,
in the judgment of the court, a good and sufficient cause is given for the failure of the
defendant to appear at the time the conditional judgement was entered. (Acts 1993, No. 93-677,
p. 1259, §19.)...
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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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15-13-127
Section 15-13-127 Bondsman's processes have certified copy of undertaking attached. The clerk
shall see that all bondsman's processes have a certified copy of the undertaking attached
to them. If there has been a conditional forfeiture taken by the court, then the clerk shall
attach a copy of the conditional forfeiture to the warrant. There shall be no charge to the
sureties for the issuance of a bondsman's process. (Acts 1993, No. 93-677, p. 1259, §28.)...

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15-13-130
Section 15-13-130 Cash bail - Undertaking of bail: Basis of and when forfeited. The basis of
all undertakings of bail, whether upon a warrant, writ of arrest, suspension of judgment,
writ of error, or in any other case, is to ensure the appearance of the defendant in court,
and the undertaking is forfeited by the failure of the defendant to appear. If, by reason
of the neglect of the defendant to appear, money is deposited as cash bail and is forfeited
and the forfeiture is not discharged or remitted, the clerk with whom it is deposited shall,
at the end of 30 days, unless the court has before that time discharged the forfeiture, pay
over the money deposited to the officer, official, or employee authorized by law to receive
fines levied by the court. The court shall then, without any notice to defendant, render judgment
absolute for the entire sum deposited and the money shall then become public money of the
State General Fund or in bail forfeiture cases pending in the municipal courts...
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