(a) Upon a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus, if it appears that the detained party is charged with a public offense which is bailable, he must be admitted to bail on offering sufficient bail.
(b) If sufficient bail is not offered, the amount of bail required must be endorsed on the warrant, and the court to which he is required to appear, and the detained party may be afterwards discharged by the sheriff of the county on giving sufficient bail in the amount so required.
(c) All undertakings of bail taken by any judge or sheriff under the provisions of this section must be transmitted by him to the clerk of the court before which the party is bound to appear by the first day of the next succeeding session and may be forfeited, and the same proceedings thereon had, as against other bail in criminal cases.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Section 15-21-1 - Persons Entitled to Prosecute Writ - Generally.
Section 15-21-3 - Persons Entitled to Prosecute Writ - Persons Confined as Insane.
Section 15-21-4 - Application to Be Made by Petition; Contents of Petition.
Section 15-21-5 - Description of Party if Name Uncertain or Unknown.
Section 15-21-6 - To Whom Petition Addressed.
Section 15-21-8 - Writ to Be Granted Without Delay; to Whom Writ Returnable.
Section 15-21-9 - Form of Writ.
Section 15-21-12 - Notice to Any Other Person Having Interest Required.
Section 15-21-14 - Issuance of Precept; Execution of Precept by Sheriff or Constable.
Section 15-21-15 - Subpoenas for Witnesses.
Section 15-21-16 - Service of Writ.
Section 15-21-17 - When Return to Be Made; Form and Contents of Return.
Section 15-21-19 - Proceedings When Person Not Produced on Account of Sickness or Infirmity.
Section 15-21-21 - When Party to Be Discharged or Remanded.
Section 15-21-23 - Judgment, etc., or Contempt Commitment Not to Be Inquired Into.
Section 15-21-24 - Grounds for Discharge of Person in Custody Under Process Legally Issued.
Section 15-21-26 - Reimprisonment for Same Cause After Discharge.
Section 15-21-28 - Penalty - Refusal or Neglect to Deliver True Copy of Detention Order, Etc.
Section 15-21-30 - Attachment to Compel Obedience and Punish for Contempt.
Section 15-21-31 - Penalty for Transferring Custody, etc., So as to Elude Service or Effect of Writ.
Section 15-21-32 - Proceedings Against Defaulting Witnesses.
Section 15-21-33 - Taxation and Collection of Fees and Costs of Witnesses.
Section 15-21-34 - Summoning and Compensation of Guards to Convey Prisoner.