Ala. Code § 15-13-118: Arrest of Defendant by Surety After Conditional Forfeiture.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 15 Criminal Procedure.
- Chapter 13 Bail.
- Article 6 Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993.
- Division 4 Effect of Undertaking and Discharge of Bail.
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, and 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.
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