{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-15-13-118","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 15-13-118","heading":"Arrest of Defendant by Surety After Conditional Forfeiture.","body":"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.","path":["Title 15 Criminal Procedure.","Chapter 13 Bail.","Article 6 Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993.","Division 4 Effect of Undertaking and Discharge of Bail."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=15-13-118","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"ee1f42304e9283a2cbd15ded1eebbc7cdb505d8d5d15b7d7b42d53c994efa30f","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-15-13-117","next":"us-al/ala.-code-15-13-119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}