Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title15 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. |
Chapter13. BAIL. |
Article6. Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993. |
Division4. Effect of Undertaking and Discharge of Bail. |
§15-13-118. Arrest of defendant by surety after conditional forfeiture.
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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.