Arrest of Principal by Out-of-State Surety

Ala. Code § 15-13-129 — under Title 15.

Ala. Code § 15-13-129

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.

History: (Acts 1993, No. 93-677, p. 1259, §30.)