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AL Code § 15-12-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 2 - Appointed Counsel.|Section 15-12-20 - Matters to Be Ascertained by Trial Judges as to Representation of Defendants Prior to Arraignment.

Section 15-12-20Matters to be ascertained by trial judges as to representation of defendants prior to arraignment. In all criminal cases, including paternity cases, and civil and criminal nonsupport cases which may result in the jailing of the defendant, in any court of this state created by authority of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, when a defendant is entitled to counsel as provided by law, the trial judge shall before arraignment ascertain from the accused, or otherwise: (1) Whether or not the defendant has arranged to be represented by counsel; (2) Whether or not the defendant desires the assistance of counsel; and (3) Whether or not the defendant is able financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance of counsel in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services. (Acts 1963, No. 526, p. 1136, §1; Acts 1971, No. 2420, p. 3851; Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-108; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-793, p. 198, §1; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-12-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 2 - Appointed Counsel.|Section 15-12-24 - Calculation of Rates.

Section 15-12-24Calculation of rates. Repealed by Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §9, effective June 14, 2011. (Acts 1981, No. 81-717, p. 1204, §5; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-793, p. 198, §1.)
AL Code § 15-12-24.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 2 - Appointed Counsel.|Section 15-12-24.1 - Withdrawals From Fair Trial Tax Fund to Pay Expenses.

Section 15-12-24.1Withdrawals from fair trial tax fund to pay expenses. Repealed by Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §9, effective June 14, 2011. (Acts 1984, No. 84-793, p. 198, §2.)
AL Code § 15-12-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 2 - Appointed Counsel.|Section 15-12-26 - Contract Counsel System - Selection and Appointment of counsel..

Section 15-12-26Contract counsel system - Selection and appointment of counsel.. (a) The director may recommend that a contract counsel system be used as the method to provide indigent defense services within a circuit or part thereof. The indigent defense advisory board shall be consulted and make a determination on the selection and appointment of contract counsel for the circuit. The director may appeal the determination of the indigent defense advisory board to the Indigent Defense Review Panel. The Indigent Defense Review Panel shall make a decision in a timely manner, which decision shall be deemed final. (b) If an indigent defense advisory board chooses to explore a contract counsel system within a circuit or part thereof, the indigent defense advisory board shall follow the procedures of the director for requesting and accepting applications or proposals for such contracts and shall make a recommendation for contract counsel to the director. The indigent defense advisory board shall also provide the director with any other information reasonably requested by the director regarding such contract counsel. (c) After a determination by the indigent defense advisory board, the director shall award the contracts to an attorney, firm, association, corporation, or partnership of lawyers. (d) Each contract counsel chosen by the director shall be employed pursuant to a contract containing terms and conditions as deemed necessary between the attorney, firm, association, corporation, or partnership, as the case may be, and the office.  (Acts 1995, No. 95-757, p. 1770, §2; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-12-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 2 - Appointed Counsel.|Section 15-12-27 - Contract Counsel System - Procedures Mandatory.

Section 15-12-27Contract counsel system - Procedures mandatory. Any provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, each judicial circuit desiring a contract counsel system shall be required to follow those procedures established for the selection of contract counsel established by the director. (Acts 1995, No. 95-757, p. 1770, §3; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-12-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 2 - Appointed Counsel.|Section 15-12-28 - Contract Counsel System - Records, Reports, and Attorney-Client Communications.

Section 15-12-28Contract counsel system - Records, reports, and attorney-client communications. Each contract counsel shall keep the records and make the reports as required by the terms of the applicable contract; except, that attorney-client communications involving the contract counsel shall remain confidential. (Acts 1995, No. 95-757, p. 1770, §4.)
AL Code § 15-12-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 2 - Appointed Counsel.|Section 15-12-29 - Contract Counsel System - Construction of Sections.

Section 15-12-29Contract counsel system - Construction of sections. Sections 15-12-26, 15-12-27, and 15-12-28 shall not be construed to preclude judges from appointing counsel for indigent defendants, or from assigning representation of an indigent defendant to other contract counsel where there is a conflict of interest involving the contract counsel, or if the contract counsel is unable to provide prompt and adequate representation, and the indigent defense systems chosen do not provide any other alternative. Sections 15-12-26, 15-12-27, and 15-12-28 shall not be construed to supersede any provision of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure or any other provision of law relating to public defenders. (Acts 1995, No. 95-757, p. 1770, §5; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-12-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 3 - Public Defenders.|Section 15-12-40 - Establishment of Public Defender Office; Selection and Appointment of Attorneys.

Section 15-12-40Establishment of public defender office; selection and appointment of attorneys. The indigent defense advisory board may establish a public defender office as a method to provide indigent defense services within a circuit or any part thereof. For each new term, and to fill any vacancy, the director may select and appoint a public defender for a circuit. The indigent defense advisory board shall be consulted and have the right to recommend the selection and appointment of a public defender for the circuit. Attorneys appointed hereunder as public defenders shall be licensed to practice law in Alabama at the time of the appointment or by the time he or she assumes office. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-12-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 3 - Public Defenders.|Section 15-12-41 - Term of Office; Removal; Requirement of Service.

Section 15-12-41Term of office; removal; requirement of service. (a) The public defender shall be appointed after June 14, 2011, for a fixed term not to exceed three years, subject to reappointment by the indigent defense advisory board, and may be removed from office for cause by the director. (b) The director may require that the public defender serve full time or part time. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-12-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 3 - Public Defenders.|Section 15-12-42 - Powers and Duties.

Section 15-12-42Powers and duties. The public defender shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Within his or her geographic jurisdiction, the public defender shall provide indigent defense services as defined in Section 15-12-1 to indigent defendants. (2) The public defender, at the request and with the consent of a municipal governing body and the office, shall represent indigent defendants in a municipal court within his or her geographic jurisdiction. The municipality shall reimburse the office of the public defender for the costs associated with the services rendered. (3) The public defender, with consent of the director, may represent an indigent defendant in a state appellate court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-12-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 3 - Public Defenders.|Section 15-12-43 - Compensation and Expenses.

Section 15-12-43Compensation and expenses. (a) The public defender shall receive a salary set by the director. The salary shall not exceed the state salary paid to a district attorney and shall be paid in the same manner as employees of the state. (b) All salary and expenses of a public defender shall be paid by the state out of the Fair Trial Tax Fund or other funds appropriated by the Legislature for such purposes; except, that in counties authorized to impose a court cost for defender services, the county shall fund defender services from the revenues from the court cost, and the state shall pay a reasonable share of the cost of maintaining such office, such reasonable share to be determined by the director. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-12-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 3 - Public Defenders.|Section 15-12-44 - Recordkeeping; Confidentiality of Attorney-Client Communications.

Section 15-12-44Recordkeeping; confidentiality of attorney-client communications. The public defender shall keep such records and make such reports on matters related to the operation of the office of the public defender as are required by the director. The attorney-client communications involving the defender or attorneys employed by him or her shall remain confidential. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-12-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 3 - Public Defenders.|Section 15-12-45 - Approval of Expenditures, Salaries, etc.; Employment of Assistants, Investigators, Etc.

Section 15-12-45Approval of expenditures, salaries, etc.; employment of assistants, investigators, etc. (a) The director may approve expenditures for attorneys, investigators, other personnel and nonpersonnel expenses of the public defender. Authorized employees of the public defender offices shall be entitled to annual and sick leave, insurance, retirement, and other state employee benefits, including cost-of-living raises, authorized by the Legislature for state employees. (b) The operating expenses and staff salaries and benefits for the offices of the public defender shall be approved in advance by the director as part of an annual budget for the subject public defender's office and, once the budget is approved, shall be paid by the state from funds appropriated annually from the Fair Trial Tax Fund or other funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose. The expenses shall include, but not be limited to, the salary, benefits, and expenses of all eligible employees and positions, training and education, travel, research, equipment, and supplies. (c) Each public defender may employ assistant public defenders, investigators, and other staff, full time or part time, as authorized by the director. Assistants, investigators, and other staff shall be appointed by the public defender and serve at the pleasure of the public defender. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-12-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 12 - Defense of Indigents.|Article 3 - Public Defenders.|Section 15-12-46 - Applicability of Article to Establishment of Appointed Counsel or Contract Counsel Systems, Etc.

Section 15-12-46Applicability of article to establishment of appointed counsel or contract counsel systems, etc. Nothing in this article shall be construed to exclude establishment of appointed counsel or contract counsel systems parallel to a public defender system or to preclude judges from appointing counsel for indigent defendants where there is a conflict of interest involving the public defender or if the public defender is unable to provide prompt and adequate representation, and the indigent defense systems chosen do not provide any other alternative. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 15-13-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 13 - Bail.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-13-1 - Definitions.

Section 15-13-1Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ADMISSION TO BAIL. The order of a competent court or magistrate, when authorized by law to grant bail, that a defendant be discharged from actual custody on bail. (2) TAKING OF BAIL. The acceptance by a competent court or magistrate, when authorized by law to grant bail, of sufficient bail for the appearance of the defendant according to the legal effect of his undertaking or for the payment to the state of a certain specified sum if he does not appear. (Code 1852, §§681, 682; Code 1867, §§4232, 4233; Code 1876, §§4840, 4841; Code 1886, §§4406, 4407; Code 1896, §§4348, 4349; Code 1907, §§6328, 6329; Code 1923, §§3360, 3361; Code 1940, T. 15, §§185, 186; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)
AL Code § 15-13-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 13 - Bail.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-13-2 - Allowance as Matter of Right Prior to Conviction.

Section 15-13-2Allowance as matter of right prior to conviction. In all cases other than those specified in Section 15-13-3, a defendant, before conviction, is entitled to bail as a matter of right. (Code 1852, §684; Code 1867, §4235; Code 1876, §4843; Code 1886, §4416; Code 1896, §4358; Code 1907, §6338; Code 1923, §3371; Code 1940, T. 15, §196; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230; Act 2021-267, §2.)
AL Code § 15-13-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 13 - Bail.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-13-4 - Prisoners Entitled to Opportunity to Give Bail; Release of Prisoner on Own Recognizance.

Section 15-13-4Prisoners entitled to opportunity to give bail; release of prisoner on own recognizance. All judges or magistrates, when authorized by law to grant bail, shall take care that every prisoner in jail shall have an opportunity to give bail in cases in which a prisoner is entitled to bail. Any judge or magistrate, when authorized by law to grant bail, may approve any bond presented to him at any time, which in his judgment is reasonably good, and may, in his discretion, release on his own recognizance any prisoner charged with a misdemeanor. (Acts 1915, No. 712, p. 809; Code 1923, §3362; Code 1940, T. 15, §187; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)
AL Code § 15-13-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 13 - Bail.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-13-5 - Discharge of Defendant by Sheriff or Deputy After Indictment for Misdemeanor.

Section 15-13-5Discharge of defendant by sheriff or deputy after indictment for misdemeanor. (a) If the offense charged in an indictment is a misdemeanor, the defendant must be discharged by the sheriff, or his deputy, on giving sufficient bail; but the amount of bail must in no case be less than $50.00. (b) If an indictment charges a misdemeanor and the defendant is committed to jail for want of bail, the sheriff may, at any time, discharge him on his giving bail in the amount required. (Code 1852, §§605, 609; Code 1867, §§4157, 4161; Code 1876, §§4830, 4832; Code 1886, §§4410, 4430; Code 1896, §§4350, 4353; Code 1907, §§6330, 6333; Code 1923, §§3363, 3366; Code 1940, T. 15, §§188, 191; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)
AL Code § 15-13-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 13 - Bail.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-13-6 - Fixing of Bail for Felony; Discharge of Defendant by Sheriff Upon Posting of Bail.

Section 15-13-6Fixing of bail for felony; discharge of defendant by sheriff upon posting of bail. (a) When an indictment is filed in court charging the defendant with a bailable felony and the defendant fails to give bail in open court, the judge of the court must forthwith endorse on such indictment the amount of bail to be required of the defendant. When an application for bail is made to any judge, such judge may fix the amount of bail, and the sheriff has authority, and it is his duty, to discharge such defendant on his giving bail as required. (b) This section shall not have the effect of preventing application for bail or for reduction of bail in any other manner provided by law. (Code 1852, §§608, 690; Code 1867, §§4831, 4849; Code 1876, §§4831, 4849; Code 1886, §§4409, 4411; Code 1896, §4351; Code 1907, §6331; Code 1923, §3364; Code 1940, T. 15, §189; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)
AL Code § 15-13-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 13 - Bail.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-13-7 - Amount to Be Endorsed on Writ of Arrest.

Section 15-13-7Amount to be endorsed on writ of arrest. ed upon an indictment, the clerk issuing the writ shall endorse on the writ an order to the sheriff to take bail of the defendant in the amount fixed by the judge and endorsed by him or her on the indictment, unless the defendant is charged with an offense for which bail may be denied pursuant to Section 15-13-3. In that case, the writ of arrest shall indicate "no bail," and the defendant may not be released prior to an initial appearance. (Code 1897, §4352; Code 1907, §6332; Code 1923, §3365; Code 1940, T. 15, §190; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230; Act 2021-267, §2.)
AL Code § 15-13-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 13 - Bail.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-13-8 - Limitation on Number of Applications; Appeals to Court of Criminal Appeals; Procedure Upon Order of Court of Criminal Appeals Admitting Defendant to Bail.

Section 15-13-8Limitation on number of applications; appeals to Court of Criminal Appeals; procedure upon order of Court of Criminal Appeals admitting defendant to bail. (a) When an application for bail is made to any circuit judge and is refused, no subsequent application can be made, but the evidence in such case may be preserved for review on application to the Court of Criminal Appeals. (b) When an order is made by the Court of Criminal Appeals admitting a defendant to bail, the order must fix the amount of bail required and direct the same to be taken by the court to whom the primary application was made or by the sheriff of the county in which the defendant is confined. When such bail is ordered to be taken by a judge, the sheriff having the custody of the defendant must carry him before such judge for that purpose. (Code 1852, §§3673-3675; Code 1867, §§4242, 4243; Code 1876, §§4850, 4851; Code 1886, §§4413, 4414; Code 1896, §§4355, 4356; Code 1907, §§6335, 6336; Code 1923, §§3368, 3369; Code 1940, T. 15, §§193, 194; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)
AL Code § 15-13-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 13 - Bail.|Article 2 - Entry and Return.|Section 15-13-20 - Entry in Minutes When Taken in Open Court; Form of Entry.

Section 15-13-20Entry in minutes when taken in open court; form of entry. When bail is taken in open court, it must be entered in the minutes, and may be as follows: The State)Came into court the said A.B. and also C.D., and E.F., andvs. )agreed to pay the State of Alabama ______ dollarsA.B.)(specifying the sum prescribed by the court) unless the said  A..B. appears at the present session of this court, and from  session to session thereafter until discharged by law, to  answer a criminal prosecution for an assault and battery, or other offense, as the case may be. (Code 1852, §687; Code 1867, §4238; Code 1876, §4846; Code 1886, §4419; Code 1896, §4361; Code 1907, §6341; Code 1923, §3374; Code 1940, T. 15, §199; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)
AL Code § 15-13-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 13 - Bail.|Article 2 - Entry and Return.|Section 15-13-21 - Form and Requisites of Bail Not Taken in Open Court.

Section 15-13-21Form and requisites of bail not taken in open court. When not taken in open court, the undertaking of bail must be in writing, signed by the defendant and at least two sufficient sureties and approved by the court or officer taking the same, and may be substantially in the following form: The State of )We, A. B., C. D., and E. F. agree to pay to the State of Alabama)Alabama ______ dollars (the sum prescribed by the court_____ County)or officer) unless the said A. B.appears at the next session of the ____ court of ____ County, and from session to session thereafter until discharged by law, to answer a  criminal prosecution for the offense of _____ (specifying the particular offense with which he is charged.) (Signed) A.B. C.D. E.F. (Code 1852, §688; Code 1867, §4239; Code 1876, §4847; Code 1886, §4420; Code 1896, §4362; Code 1907, §6342; Code 1923, §3375; Code 1940, T. 15, §200; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)
AL Code § 15-13-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 13 - Bail.|Article 2 - Entry and Return.|Section 15-13-22 - Qualifications for Bail; Bond Required for Bondsmen; Qualification When Sufficiency of Bail Doubtful.

Section 15-13-22Qualifications for bail; bond required for bondsmen; qualification when sufficiency of bail doubtful. (a) Each person signing as surety an undertaking of bail must be:  (1) A resident of this state; and (2) Worth, exclusive of property exempt from execution, the amount expressed in the undertaking;  but the court or magistrate, in taking bail, may allow more than two persons to justify severally as bail in amounts less than that expressed in the undertaking, provided the whole is equivalent to two sufficient bails. (b) The court or magistrate in taking bail, in lieu of the foregoing, may allow a corporation, foreign or domestic, qualified to do a bonding business in this state and authorized to execute the undertaking of bail, to execute such bail. (c) Every person engaged in the business of making bail bonds and charging therefor, except corporations qualified to do a bonding business in this state, shall be required, in addition to all other requirements of this section, to furnish a bond with corporate surety in the amount of $25,000.00 ($10,000.00 in Cullman County), to be approved by the probate judge of each county in which such person engages in such business, conditioned to guarantee the payment of all sums of money that may become due the state or any political subdivision thereof by virtue of any judgment absolute being rendered against such person on a forfeiture of bail. (d) Only one such bond set forth in subsection (c) of this section shall be required in each county where such person does business, and the liability of the surety company executing a bond under this section shall not exceed the face amount of such surety bond; provided, however, that the bond may be cancelled as to any future liability at any time by the surety's giving 30 days' written notice of such cancellation to the probate judge of the county in which the bond is filed. (e) When there is a reasonable doubt as to the sufficiency of the bail, they may be required by the court or magistrate to answer fully on oath as to their qualifications. (Code 1852, §§696, 697; Code 1867, §§4247, 4248; Code 1876, §§4485, 4857; Code 1886, §§4421, 4424; Code 1896, §§4363, 4366; Code 1907, §§6343, 6346; Code 1923, §§3376, 3379; Code 1940, T. 15, §§201, 204; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230; Acts 1961, No. 946, p. 1521; Acts 1963, No. 124, p. 499; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 179, p. 212; Acts 1971, No. 1077, p. 1916; Acts 1971, No. 1230, p. 2138.)