Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-10-10 (2026)
Where Warrant to Be Executed; Endorsement When Executed in Different County.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Except as provided in Section 15-10-11, a warrant or writ of arrest may be executed in the county in which it was issued, unless the defendant is in another county. When the defendant is in another county, it may be executed therein by any law enforcement officer having the warrant or writ. The law enforcement officer shall summon the assistance of local law enforcement if possible to assist in making the arrest and only then may exercise the same authority as the officer possesses in his or her own county or jurisdiction.
(Code 1852, §436; Code 1867, §3985; Code 1876, §4655; Code 1886, §4270; Code 1896, §5219; Code 1907, §6278; Code 1923, §3272; Code 1940, T. 15, §163; Act 2006-547, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1983–1998 · leading case: Taylor v. State, 666 So. 2d 36 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994).
Taylor v. State, 666 So. 2d 36 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 15-10-10. Before the effective date of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure in January 1991, [5] "[a] police officer [could] arrest in his official capacity without a warrant only within the limits of the political subdivision of the state of which he is a…”
Borden v. State, 769 So. 2d 935 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998). “The appellant maintains that his arrest was illegal because, he says, his arrest warrant was not properly "domesticated" by a judge or magistrate of the county where he was arrested, as provided by § 15-10-10, Ala.Code 1975. Section 15-10-10 states: "A warrant of arrest shall be…”
Ex Parte Morgan, 641 So. 2d 840 (Ala. 1994). “The group of officers who arrested Morgan included officers from county and municipal law enforcement agencies in Florida and Alabama, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Customs Service.”
James v. State, 564 So. 2d 1002 (Ala. Crim. App. 1990). “The appellant contends that his arrest warrant was invalid because it was executed in Pike County, but was not endorsed *1007 by a magistrate or judge of that county, as required by § 15-10-10, Code of Alabama (1975), and because he was never brought before a judge or magistrate…”
Martin v. Dixie Dandy, 426 So. 2d 441 (Ala. Civ. App. 1983). “Count two, the count in which plaintiff pleaded false arrest, was amended to add Sheriff Paul of Coffee County as a party defendant and charges him with false arrest because he failed to have the Geneva County arrest warrant endorsed by a magistrate in Coffee County as required…”
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