Code of Alabama
Article 6 - Lost, Mislaid, Mutilated or Destroyed Documents.
Section 15-8-110 - Preferring of New Indictment; Form of Entry of Record.

When an indictment is lost, mislaid or destroyed, the court may, on satisfactory proof thereof, order another indictment to be preferred at the session at which such proof is made or at a subsequent session, in which case an entry of record must be made to the effect following:

mislaid or destroyed; it is, therefore, ordered that a new indictment be preferred against the defendant for the same offense.