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Alabama Bail Bond Laws | How Bail Bonds Work
No one other person has any financial interest, either direct or indirect, in my bonding business.
No outstanding final forfeitures against me arising out of any surety undertaking.
Have not, within the period of two (2) years immediately preceding application date, violated any provisions of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, relating to the making of bonds or any Court order.
Not, nor an agent for, an attorney, a judicial official, or aperson authorized to accept an appearance bond.
B. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 2. ENTRY AND RETURN. §15-13-22.
C. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 2. ENTRY AND RETURN. §15-13-24.
A. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 11. PRELIMINARY HEARINGS. §15-11-4.
B. TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 5. FORFEITURE. § 15-13-80.
C. TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 5. FORFEITURE. §15-13-81.
Establishes provisions for a “Conditional judgment” when a bond is deposited in lieu of money. Here, notice to the defendant is required.
If the notice is not served on any of the parties to the undertaking, such other notices as are necessary may from time to time be issued; but two returns of “not found” by the proper officer are equivalent to personal service.
If the notice is not served, such other notices as are necessary may from time to time be issued, but two returns of “not found” by the proper officer are equivalent to personal service.
B. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 6. ALABAMA BAIL REFORM ACT OF 1993. DIVISION 6. FORFEITURE — PROCEEDINGS THEREON. § 15-13-136.
B. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 4. EFFECT OF UNDERTAKING AND DISCHARGE OF BAIL.§15-13-62.
C. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 12. COURTS. CHAPTER 22. APPELLATEPROCEEDINGS. ARTICLE 2. CRIMINAL CASES. DIVISION 7. DISPOSITION OF APPEALS. § 12-22-242.
E. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13.BAIL. ARTICLE 5. FORFEITURE. §15-13-82.
Excuses for default on bail must be heard by the court on application at any time when not engaged in other business. 2. When a conditional judgment is set aside, no cost may be imposed on the defendants.
This section has no application, however, where money is deposited instead of bail.
(The notes following this section discuss sufficiency and insufficiency of excuses for default).
The arrest and delivery of a defendant to the authorized jail will not exonerate the surety unless, in the judgment of the court, good cause is given for the defendant’s failure to appear when the conditional judgement was entered.
F. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13.BAIL. ARTICLE 6. ALABAMA BAIL REFORM ACT OF 1993. DIVISION 6. FORFEITURE — PROCEEDINGS THEREON. § 15-13-136.
In cases where the clerk of the court has failed to issue the conditional forfeiture notice and there has been no made within 90 days of the order of the court
and where the sureties have complied with Section 15-13-133,
then the sureties shall be discharged from all liability of the bail and the conditional judgment shall be set aside.
CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13.BAIL. ARTICLE 6. ALABAMA BAIL REFORM ACT OF 1993. DIVISION 6. FORFEITURE — PROCEEDINGS THEREON. § 15-13-139.
A. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 4. EFFECT OF UNDERTAKING AND DISCHARGE OF BAIL.§15-13-62.
B. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 9.FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, EXTRADITION AND DETAINERS. ARTICLE 2. EXTRADITION. DIVISION 2. FROM ALABAMA. § 15-9-45.
A. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 2. ENTRY AND RETURN. §15-13-22.
B. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 4. EFFECT OF UNDERTAKING AND DISCHARGE OF BAIL.§ 15-13-60.
Deals with joint liability for parties involved with a defendant’s appearance on the day fixed on the bond until discharged by law.
C. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 6. ALABAMA BAIL REFORM ACT OF 1993. DIVISION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. § 15-13-101.
D. CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL. ARTICLE 6. ALABAMA BAIL REFORM ACT OF 1993. DIVISION 10. QUALIFICATION AND REGULATION. § 15-13-159.
The plaintiff presented sufficient evidence from which jury could reasonably determine that at least one bounty hunter was agent of bail bond company and that incident complained of was carried out within scope of bounty hunters’ employment with bail bond company.
The record shows that one of Coastal Bail Bond’s agents, Mark Ivey, had written a bond for Billy McLain. When McLain failed to make a court appearance, Ivey, James, and Herrin searched for him so that Coastal would not have to forfeit the bond. While searching for McLain during the early hours of March 19, 1992, James, Ivey, and Herrin went to Cope’s house, and with guns drawn, broke down the door. The men yelled, “We’ve got you now, Billy,” and held Cope at gunpoint. Cope repeatedly told the men he was not McLain and that he did not know McLain. After a time, Cope was able to convince the men to let him show them his driver’s license to prove he was not McLain. After seeing the driver’s license, the three finally relented and left Cope’s house. Cope immediately called the Sheriff’s Department to report the incident. About an hour later, a sheriff’s deputy arrested the three at a convenience store and removed several weapons from the men. The men told the deputy that they were working for Coastal and were searching for McLain, who had jumped bail. The three were prosecuted for reckless endangerment.
Surety appealed judgments of the Circuit Court, Montgomery County, Perry O. Hooper, J., forfeiting bail bonds. The Court of Civil Appeals, Bradley, J., held that: (1) forfeitures of bail could not be predicated upon principal’s failure to appear in district court, and (2) surety was discharged from liability on bonds where two criminal charges were not presented to or acted upon by subsequent session of grand jury or duly continued to subsequent grand jury by circuit court.
The court held that forfeitures of bail entered by circuit court against surety could not be predicated upon principal’s failure to appear in district court for preliminary hearing, where district court failed to certify forfeiture to circuit court. When a defendant fails to appear at the appointed time in the district court for a preliminary hearing, a default can be certified to the circuit court where proceedings can be had to forfeit bail. § 15-11-4, Code 1975. No such default was certified to the circuit court.
The court concludes that the forfeitures of bail entered by the circuit court against appellant could not be predicated upon Holmes’s failure to appear in the district court for a preliminary hearing and, as a matter of fact, were not so predicated. Appellant argues that the failure to present the charges against Holmes at the March 1980 grand jury worked a discontinuance of its undertaking and it was, therefore, relieved of its obligations under the bonds. For this position appellant relies on Rogers v. State, 79 Ala. 59 (1885).
A surety has the power to arrest a defendant to ensure the defendant’s appearance at trial.
E. See “Case Notes” in the CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 13. BAIL, for an excellent breakdown of numerous relevant case holdings.
Bounty Hunters are termed “Professional Bondsmen” in Alabama’s statutes. Rules governing such are given above under #2 for Licensing Requirements for Agents.