2014 Code of Alabama
Title 15 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
Chapter 13 - BAIL.
Section 15-13-117 - Authorized arrest of defendant by surety and exoneration of bail prior to conditional forfeiture.

AL Code § 15-13-117 (2014) What's This?
Section 15-13-117Authorized 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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