2013 Code of Alabama
Title 15 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
Chapter 21 - HABEAS CORPUS.
Section 15-21-31 - Penalty for transferring custody, etc., so as to elude service or effect of writ.


AL Code § 15-21-31 (2013) What's This?
Section 15-21-31Penalty for transferring custody, etc., so as to elude service or effect of writ.

Any person who has in his custody or under his control a person who is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus and, either before or after the issue of such writ with intent to elude the service or effect thereof, transfers such person to the custody of another, places him under the control of another, conceals him or changes his place of confinement forfeits to the party aggrieved the sum of $500.00 and is also guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail not more than 12 months.

(Code 1852, §742; Code 1867, §4293; Code 1876, §4969; Code 1886, §4792; Code 1896, §4845; Code 1907, §7040; Code 1923, §4339; Code 1940, T. 15, §35.)

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