Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-13-63 (2026)
Arrest of Defendant by Bail After Conditional Judgment.
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After the entry of conditional judgment against any surety on an undertaking of bail, he may arrest the defendant as provided in Section 15-13-62, but such arrest and delivery of the defendant to the sheriff shall not exonerate the surety unless, in the judgment of the court, a good and sufficient excuse is given for the failure of the defendant to appear at the time the conditional judgment was entered.
(Code 1896, §4372; Code 1907, §6352; Code 1923, §3385; Code 1940, T. 15, §210; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1982–1982 · leading case: Kirby v. State, 416 So. 2d 1010 (Ala. 1982).
Kirby v. State, 416 So. 2d 1010 (Ala. 1982). “Code 1975, § 15-13-63, sets out the requirements which a surety must fulfill before being discharged after a conditional judgment is entered.”
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