Article6. Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993.  


Division 1. General Provisions.
§ 15-13-100. Short title.
§ 15-13-101. Definitions.
§ 15-13-102. Definitions and purpose of bail.
§ 15-13-103. Order and amount of bail.
§ 15-13-104. Order of bail to be affixed to warrants.
§ 15-13-105. Order of bail in warrantless arrest cases.
§ 15-13-106. Illegal commitment.
§ 15-13-107. Who may or shall accept, take, and approve bail and under what circumstances.
§ 15-13-108. Bail as a matter of right.
§ 15-13-109. Bail in probation violation cases.
§ 15-13-110. Professional bondsmen - Right to interview.
Division 2. Four Kinds of Bail and Their Definitions.
§ 15-13-111. Kinds of bail.
Division 3. Bond Forms — Entry and Return.
§ 15-13-112. Bond forms.
Division 4. Effect of Undertaking and Discharge of Bail.
§ 15-13-113. Effect of undertaking: To what extent binds parties thereto.
§ 15-13-114. Obligation of sureties continues during trial.
§ 15-13-115. Obligation of sureties in probation cases.
§ 15-13-116. Surrender of principal in open court.
§ 15-13-117. Authorized arrest of defendant by surety and exoneration of bail prior to conditional forfeiture.
§ 15-13-118. Arrest of defendant by surety after conditional forfeiture.
§ 15-13-119. Surrender of defendant to his or her original custodians necessary to exonerate bail; when new bail is allowed.
§ 15-13-120. Substitution of bail.
§ 15-13-121. Bail not discharged by irregularities or by want of qualifications.
§ 15-13-122. Bondsman's process - Detainer.
§ 15-13-123. Surety discharged - Failing to accept detainer.
Division 5. Arrest by Principal's Sureties, Procedure of Arrest, Bondsman's Process.
§ 15-13-124. Bondsman's process.
§ 15-13-125. When the clerk shall issue a bondsman's process.
§ 15-13-126. Return of bondsman's process.
§ 15-13-127. Bondsman's processes have certified copy of undertaking attached.
§ 15-13-128. Form for bondsman's process.
§ 15-13-129. Arrest of principal by out-of-state surety.
Division 6. Forfeiture - Proceedings Thereon.
§ 15-13-130. Cash bail - Undertaking of bail: Basis of and when forfeited.
§ 15-13-131. Proceeding in forfeiture of bail - Not cash - Conditional forfeitures order.
§ 15-13-132. Conditional forfeiture notice to defendant and sureties.
§ 15-13-133. Provisions of sureties address for service.
§ 15-13-134. Service of forfeiture notice.
§ 15-13-135. Returns "not found" or certified mail returned.
§ 15-13-136. Failure to issue and serve conditional forfeiture in 90 days.
§ 15-13-137. Conditional judgment set aside, reduced, or made absolute.
§ 15-13-138. Conditions for which it shall be mandatory for the court to set aside forfeiture.
§ 15-13-139. Remission after final judgment of forfeiture.
§ 15-13-140. Reasons for default heard at any time, and allowed without costs.
§ 15-13-141. Revocation of authority to execute bail by clerk.
Division 7. Qualification of Bail - Judicial Public Bail.
§ 15-13-142. Judicial public bail - Authority of release person.
§ 15-13-143. Procedure for bail hearings.
§ 15-13-144. Notice to prosecutor.
§ 15-13-145. Defendants who may be eligible.
§ 15-13-146. Judicial public bail release.
§ 15-13-147. Determination of conditions of release.
§ 15-13-148. Additional conditions.
§ 15-13-149. Order of release.
§ 15-13-150. Cumulative punishment.
§ 15-13-151. Evidence.
Division 8. Property Bail, Qualifications, Value of Property, Property Owners as Surety.
§ 15-13-152. Qualification for property bail.
§ 15-13-153. Value of property determined by approving authority.
§ 15-13-154. False information on property affidavit.
§ 15-13-155. Property owners as surety - Limited.
§ 15-13-156. Filing of lien in default cases - Release.
§ 15-13-157. Collection - Property bail forfeitures.
Division 9. Cash Bail.
§ 15-13-158. Cash bail: Deposit with clerk.
Division 10. Qualification and Regulation.
§ 15-13-159. Qualifications - Professional surety company.
§ 15-13-160. Qualifications - Professional bail companies.
§ 15-13-161. Filing original documents - Circuit clerk.
§ 15-13-162. Surety bond and escrow agreements - Forms.
§ 15-13-163. Revocation by circuit judges.
Division 11. Miscellaneous.
§ 15-13-164. Misrepresentation as surety.