15-13-138
Section 15-13-138 Conditions for which it shall be mandatory for the court to set aside forfeiture.
The court shall set aside the conditional forfeiture in its entirety for the following reasons
or under the following circumstances: (1) If the sureties can show that the defendant was
hospitalized at the time he or she was to appear in court, or if the sureties can produce
sufficient evidence that the defendant was not able to attend court for reason of illness,
by producing a doctor's certificate or letter to that effect. The hospitalization may be in
or out of the State of Alabama. For the sureties to take advantage of this provision, they
shall put the court on notice that the situation exists either prior to the issuance of the
conditional forfeiture order or within 28 days after legal service of the conditional forfeiture
on the sureties. After receiving notice, the court may continue the case to a future date
it deems proper and just for the defendant to appear. If at that time...
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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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15-13-140
Section 15-13-140 Reasons for default heard at any time, and allowed without costs. Reasons
for default shall be heard by the court on application, at any time when not engaged in other
business. When a conditional judgment is set aside for sufficient cause, no cost shall be
imposed on the sureties. This provision has no application where money is deposited instead
of bail. Sureties may appear before the courts of this state or its subdivisions to answer
any "show cause order," conditional or final forfeiture to give any reasons for
default, to present any defense to the default, and for any other purpose of informing the
courts about information relating to the appearance or non-appearance of the defendant on
the bail of which they are surety. If the surety is a professional surety or professional
bail company then any agent or representative of the professional surety or bail company may
appear for the same purposes. (Acts 1993, No. 93-677, p. 1259, §41.)...
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15-13-132
Section 15-13-132 Conditional forfeiture notice to defendant and sureties. A notice of the
rendition of the judgment set forth in Section 15-13-131 shall be issued by the clerk of the
court and served according to the terms as established in this article within 90 days of the
court's conditional forfeiture order to the defendant and sureties. The notice may be in the
following form: STATE OF ALABAMA ___ (or City of ___) Defendant vs ___ County ___ Surety Case
No. ___ ___ Surety Charge: ___ Conditional Forfeiture Notice To: ___ ___ Court Defendant ___
___ Surety You are hereby notified that your name appears as a surety on the bond in the above
styled case. This case was called for trial on ___ (date) and the defendant was not present
to answer. Therefore, a conditional forfeiture of ___ dollars was entered against you. You
shall file a written response within 28 days after you...
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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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15-13-137
Section 15-13-137 Conditional judgment set aside, reduced, or made absolute. If the defendants
appear and show sufficient cause for the default to be determined by the court, the conditional
judgment shall be set aside. If the excuse is not sufficient, or if the defendant or sureties
fail to appear at the final forfeiture hearing, the judgment shall be made absolute for the
entire sum expressed in the undertaking, or any portion thereof according to the circumstances.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-677, p. 1259, §38.)...
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15-13-81
Section 15-13-81 Conditional judgment - Entry; notice to defendant; execution and return of
notice; alias notices. (a) When an undertaking of bail is forfeited by the failure of the
defendant to appear as required, except when money is deposited instead of bail, a conditional
judgment must be entered by the court in favor of the state against the parties to the undertaking
for the sum thereon expressed, which judgment may be substantially as follows: The State)
vs.) A.B.) Indictment for assault and battery (or other offense, as the case may be). It appearing
to the court that the said A. B. together with C. D. and E. F. agreed to pay the State of
Alabama _____ dollars (the sum specified in the undertaking) unless the said A. B. appeared
at the time and place mentioned and fixed in the bond or undertaking to answer in this case;
and the said A. B. having failed to appear at the time and place mentioned in the bond or
undertaking, it is therefore ordered that the State of Alabama recover...
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12-14-71
Section 12-14-71 Appeals from judgments of circuit courts and proceedings thereon. From the
judgment of the circuit court, the municipality, in a case holding invalid an ordinance, or
the defendant in any case, may appeal to the court of criminal appeals in like manner as in
cases of appeals for convictions of violation of the criminal laws of the state. If the appeal
is taken by the municipality, it shall not be required to give surety for the cost of appeal.
When taken by the defendant, he may give bail with sufficient sureties, conditioned that he
will appear and abide by the judgment of the appellate court; and, failing to give bail, he
must be committed to the municipal jail, but he may give such bail at any time pending the
appeal. When an appeal is taken by the defendant, bail is given pending the appeal and the
judgment of conviction is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, the defendant is bound by the
undertaking of bail to surrender himself to the municipal authorities within...
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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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15-13-80
Section 15-13-80 Failure of defendant to appear; forfeiture of money deposited in lieu of bail.
(a) The essence of all undertakings of bail, whether upon a warrant, writ of arrest, suspension
of judgment, appeal or in any other case, is the appearance of the defendant at court; and
the undertaking is forfeited by the failure of the defendant to appear, although the offense,
judgment or other matter is incorrectly described in such undertaking, the particular case
or matter to which the undertaking is applicable being made to appear to the court. (b) If,
by reason of the neglect of the defendant to appear, money deposited instead of bail is forfeited
and the forfeiture is not discharged or remitted, the clerk with whom it is deposited must,
at the end of 30 days, unless the court has before that time discharged the forfeiture, pay
over the money deposited to such officer, official or employee authorized by law to receive
fines levied by such court. Thereupon the court shall, without any...
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