Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 15-13-60 (2026)

Extent Undertaking Binds Parties Thereto.

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The undertaking of bail binds the parties thereto, jointly and severally, for the appearance of the defendant on the day fixed in the bond or undertaking from day to day of such session and from day to day of each session thereafter, until he is discharged by law and, if the trial is removed to another county, for the appearance of the defendant from day to day of each session of the court to which it is removed until discharged by law.

(Code 1852, §693; Code 1867, §4244; Code 1876, §4852; Code 1886, §4427; Code 1896, §4369; Code 1907, §6349; Code 1923, §3382; Code 1940, T. 15, §207; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1984–1995 · leading case: Rice v. State, 488 So. 2d 1351 (Ala. 1986).

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Rice v. State, 488 So. 2d 1351 (Ala. 1986). “Code 1975, § 15-13-60, states: “The undertaking of bail bonds binds the parties thereto, jointly and severally, for the appearance of the defendant on the day fixed in the bond or undertaking from day to day of such session and from day to day of each session thereafter, until…”

Broadhead v. State, 465 So. 2d 1115 (Ala. 1984). · cites it 2× “We decline to do so, because the holding is consistent with § 15-13-60, Ala.Code 1975, which makes all parties to a bail bond jointly and severally liable.”

Sonny Livingston Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State, 460 So. 2d 1345 (Ala. Civ. App. 1984). “” § 15-13-60, Code of Alabama 1975. At this time, the company cannot escape the consequences of its undertaking.”

ABC Bonding Co. v. State, 671 So. 2d 707 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). “The court based its holding on § 15-13-60, Ala.Code 1975, which provides: “The undertaking of bail binds the parties thereto, jointly and severally, for the appearance of the defendant on the day fixed in the bond or undertaking from day to day of such session and from day to…”

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