Section 15-13-113 Effect of undertaking: To what extent binds parties thereto. The undertaking of bail binds the parties thereto, jointly and severally, for the appearance of the defendant in court on the day fixed in the bond or undertaking, from day to day of such session, and from day to day of each session thereafter, […]
Section 15-13-114 Obligation of sureties continues during trial. The obligation of the sureties continues throughout every stage of trial, from the time the defendant is entered thereon until the rendition of the verdict by the jury or judge. The finding of the defendant guilty by a jury or judge discharges the sureties. The obligation of […]
Section 15-13-115 Obligation of sureties in probation cases. The obligation of sureties is continued beyond the finding of a guilty verdict by the judge or by a jury in cases where the maximum sentence, set out by law, does not exceed 10 years and where the court desires to continue the case for a probation […]
Section 15-13-116 Surrender of principal in open court. When the defendant is before the court pertaining to the case(s), the sureties of such bail may surrender the defendant in court by notifying the judge that it is their desire to surrender the defendant. The judge shall then order the sheriff, or other officer who has […]
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 […]
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 […]
Section 15-13-119 Surrender of defendant to his or her original custodians necessary to exonerate bail; when new bail is allowed. To exonerate the bail, the surrender of the defendant, other than that in Section 15-13-116, shall be made to the original custodian of the county or municipality in which the court is held and to […]
Section 15-13-120 Substitution of bail. After a defendant has been released on either one of the four different types of bail, as set out in Division 2, Section 15-13-111, and the defendant desires to substitute one form of bail for another, the defendant may do so by giving such bail to the clerk of the […]
Section 15-13-121 Bail not discharged by irregularities or by want of qualifications. No bail shall be discharged by reason of the want of qualifications required in this chapter, by reason of there not being the requisite number of bail, by reason of any agreement other than is expressed in the undertaking, by reason of the […]
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, […]
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 […]
