Alabama Chapter 10 — ARRESTS.
Article 1 Arrest Before Indictment.
- Section 15-10-1 — Officers authorized to make arrests.
- Section 15-10-2 — When officer may execute warrant; authority of officer to break and enter dwelling house.
- Section 15-10-3 — Arrest without warrant - Generally; definitions; written report.
- Section 15-10-4 — Arrest without warrant - Duty of arresting officer; authority of officer to break and enter dwelling house.
- Section 15-10-6 — Offense committed in presence of judge or magistrate.
- Section 15-10-7 — Arrests by private persons.
- Section 15-10-8 — When notice of arrest for capital felony to be given to Governor or chief justice.
- Section 15-10-9 — Rearrest after escape or rescue.
- Section 15-10-10 — Where warrant to be executed; endorsement when executed in different county.
- Section 15-10-11 — Authority of officer to pursue and arrest defendant in another county on warrant from municipal court.
- Section 15-10-12 — When defendant to be taken before judge or magistrate issuing warrant.
- Section 15-10-13 — When arrest warrant endorsed by judge or magistrate; liability of judge or magistrate on endorsement.
- Section 15-10-14 — Detention and arrest of person suspected of larceny of goods held for sale.
Article 2 Arrest After Indictment.
Article 3 Issuance and Execution of Writ.
- Section 15-10-40 — Issuance by clerk, district attorney or judge.
- Section 15-10-41 — Form of writ - Felony.
- Section 15-10-42 — Form of writ - Misdemeanor.
- Section 15-10-43 — Alias and pluries writs.
- Section 15-10-44 — Execution of writ by sheriff or deputy.
- Section 15-10-45 — Execution of writs, attachments and other process in adjoining county.
- Section 15-10-46 — Copy of arrest writ to be delivered to jailer.
- Section 15-10-47 — Return of writs by sheriff; duty of clerks to accept returns by mail; failure of sheriffs to comply with section.
Article 4 Bench Warrants.
Article 5 Arrest in Other Counties.
- Section 15-10-70 — Duty of arresting officer and sheriff of other county.
- Section 15-10-71 — Application for removal order; granting of order.
- Section 15-10-72 — Endorsement on removal order.
- Section 15-10-73 — Application for guard in removal of prisoner; endorsement by court if application granted; guards for prisoners charged with misdemeanors.
- Section 15-10-74 — Arrest powers of peace officer in fresh pursuit.
Article 6 Fingerprinting of Persons Taken Into Custody.
- Section 15-10-90 — Sheriffs to fingerprint persons taken into custody; disposition of copies of fingerprints.
- Section 15-10-91 — Central state assembling agency for receipt of fingerprint records designated; duties thereof.
- Section 15-10-92 — Furnishing of fingerprinting equipment generally.
- Section 15-10-93 — Furnishing of fingerprint cards and envelopes.