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Terms Used In Alabama Code 15-13-129

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

All bondsmen or sureties from out of the State of Alabama who come to this state to make an arrest shall be exempt from having a bondsman’s process to arrest a person for which he or she is a surety on bail in another state; but he or she shall have a certified copy of the undertaking of bail for which he or she is surety. His or her right to arrest shall otherwise be in conformity with the common law.