Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-9-63 (2026)
Exemption from Process in Civil Actions.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
A person brought into this state on extradition based upon a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer when he is returned until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding or, if acquitted, until he has had ample opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.
(Acts 1931, No. 482, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 15, §73.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1983–1983 · leading case: Susan Boda v. United States, 698 F.2d 1174 (11th Cir. 1983).
Susan Boda v. United States, 698 F.2d 1174 (11th Cir. 1983). “Under Florida and Alabama law plaintiff would not be able to obtain jurisdiction over Abate even if Abate was extradited from Florida to Alabama, unless he was then convicted of a criminal offense, See Ala.Code § 15-9-63 (1975). It is clear that a WPP official has not deprived…”
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