If the defendant does not appear before the district court at the time to which an examination is adjourned, the default on the undertaking of bail shall be certified by the district court to the circuit court, and the like proceedings must be had thereon as upon the breach of an undertaking in that court, the certificate being presumptive evidence of the default of the defendant.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Chapter 11 - Preliminary Hearings.
Section 15-11-3 - Adjournment; Commitment of Defendant to Jail or Bail.
Section 15-11-5 - Issuance of Alias Arrest Warrant Upon Default.
Section 15-11-6 - Examination of Complainant and Witnesses.
Section 15-11-7 - Appearance by Counsel for Defendant; Separation of Witnesses; Control of Hearing.
Section 15-11-8 - Duty of Court to Examine All Witnesses.
Section 15-11-9 - When Defendant to Be Discharged.
Section 15-11-10 - When Defendant Committed to Bail or Jail; Form of Commitment.
Section 15-11-11 - Amount of Bail to Be Endorsed on Commitment; Discharge of Defendant.
Section 15-11-12 - Requiring Witnesses to Enter Undertaking; Form of Undertaking.
Section 15-11-13 - Requiring Sureties of Married Women and Minors When Witnesses for Prosecution.
Section 15-11-15 - Court to Report When Person Held on Indictment; Report When No Committals.