The following shall be substantially the form to be used for a bondsman's process.
COUNTY OF ___________.
(or)
CITY OF ______________.
WHEREAS, the Sureties on the bail of the defendant _____, in case number _____, have expressed their desire to surrender the defendant to the custody of _____ of (City or County), Alabama, and such desire has been expressed to the clerk of the _____ Court of the City/County of _____, Alabama, and,
WHEREAS, the clerk has checked the records and case number _____ is still pending and the defendant nor his or her sureties have been discharged of their obligations, or the records of case number _____ reflect that the defendant has failed to appear on the obligation of bail as required and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the defendant.
NOW, THEREFORE, this document is issued, as required by law, and the document gives the right to the Sureties (bondsmen) to arrest the defendant, _____ at any place in the State of Alabama, or the sureties may authorize another person to arrest the defendant by an endorsement in writing on this document or attached to this document and the surety or bondsman shall forthwith, after the arrest, take the defendant to the _____ jail of _____, custodian thereof.
SEAL:
Bondsman Return
On this _____ day of ___________, 20__, I ___________ agent for ___________ surrender the above named defendant to the ___________ jail of ___________.
Time: _____
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Article 6 - Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993.
Division 5 - Arrest by Principal's Sureties, Procedure of Arrest, Bondsman's Process.
Section 15-13-124 - Bondsman's Process.
Section 15-13-125 - When the Clerk Shall Issue a Bondsman's Process.
Section 15-13-126 - Return of Bondsman's Process.
Section 15-13-127 - Bondsman's Processes Have Certified Copy of Undertaking Attached.
Section 15-13-128 - Form for Bondsman's Process.
Section 15-13-129 - Arrest of Principal by Out-of-State Surety.