Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 15-13-4 - Prisoners Entitled to Opportunity to Give Bail; Release of Prisoner on Own Recognizance.

All judges or magistrates, when authorized by law to grant bail, shall take care that every prisoner in jail shall have an opportunity to give bail in cases in which a prisoner is entitled to bail. Any judge or magistrate, when authorized by law to grant bail, may approve any bond presented to him at any time, which in his judgment is reasonably good, and may, in his discretion, release on his own recognizance any prisoner charged with a misdemeanor.

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Code of Alabama

Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.

Chapter 13 - Bail.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 15-13-1 - Definitions.

Section 15-13-2 - Allowance as Matter of Right Prior to Conviction.

Section 15-13-3 - (Effective Upon Ratification of the Constitutional Amendment Proposed by Act 2021-201) Persons Charged With Capital Murder; Pretrial Detention Hearing; Denial of Bail in Particular Cases.

Section 15-13-4 - Prisoners Entitled to Opportunity to Give Bail; Release of Prisoner on Own Recognizance.

Section 15-13-5 - Discharge of Defendant by Sheriff or Deputy After Indictment for Misdemeanor.

Section 15-13-6 - Fixing of Bail for Felony; Discharge of Defendant by Sheriff Upon Posting of Bail.

Section 15-13-7 - Amount to Be Endorsed on Writ of Arrest.

Section 15-13-8 - Limitation on Number of Applications; Appeals to Court of Criminal Appeals; Procedure Upon Order of Court of Criminal Appeals Admitting Defendant to Bail.