Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 12-14-5 - Admission to Bail of Persons Charged With Violations of Municipal Ordinances; Waiver of Appearance Bond.

Municipal judges shall admit to bail any person charged with violation of any municipal ordinance by requiring an appearance bond, with good security, to be approved by the respective municipal judges or their designees, in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00, and may, in their discretion, admit to bail such person on a personal recognizance bond, such bonds to be conditioned on the appearance of such person before the judge on a day named therein to answer the charges preferred against him. The municipal judge may waive an appearance bond upon satisfactory showing that the defendant is indigent or otherwise unable to make bond.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 12 - Courts.

Chapter 14 - Municipal Courts.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 12-14-1 - Establishment; Jurisdiction.

Section 12-14-2 - Provision by Municipality of Facilities, Court Personnel, Prosecutorial Services, Etc.

Section 12-14-3 - Municipal Governing Body to Provide for Number of Judges and Times and Places for Holding Court.

Section 12-14-4 - Execution by Sheriffs and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers of Warrants and Processes Committed to Them for Service by Municipal Judges.

Section 12-14-5 - Admission to Bail of Persons Charged With Violations of Municipal Ordinances; Waiver of Appearance Bond.

Section 12-14-6 - Cases to Be Tried by Judge Without Jury.

Section 12-14-7 - Courts to Take Judicial Notice of Ordinances of Municipality.

Section 12-14-8 - Traffic Infractions Procedure.

Section 12-14-9 - Provision of Indigent Defense Services.

Section 12-14-10 - Powers of Courts as to Trial and Disposition of Cases Generally.

Section 12-14-11 - Acceptance of Defendant's Bond Upon Showing of Inability to Make Immediate Payment of Fines and Costs; Issuance of Execution on Bond Upon Nonpayment of Fines and Costs.

Section 12-14-12 - Requirement of Working Out of Amount of Judgment When Not Paid Within Time Prescribed.

Section 12-14-13 - Probation.

Section 12-14-14 - Court Costs.

Section 12-14-15 - Power of Mayor to Remit Fines and Costs, Commute Sentences Imposed by Municipal Judges, etc.; Report of Actions to Municipal Governing Body.

Section 12-14-16 - Reports as to Proceedings of Courts.

Section 12-14-17 - Procedure for Abolition of Municipal Courts by Governing Bodies of Municipalities; Effect of Abolition Generally.

Section 12-14-18 - Remittance of Court Costs, Fines and Forfeitures Previously Collected Upon Abolition of Municipal Court.

Section 12-14-19 - Procedure for Reestablishment of Municipal Courts and Effect Thereof.