SB344 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Greg AlbrittonSenator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Municipal courts, municipal judges, to require defendants to be released as an unsecured appearance bond or on personal recognizance, with exceptions, Sec. 12-14-5 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, a municipal judge is required to admit to bail a person charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance and is allowed to release the person on personal recognizance.
This bill, with exceptions, would require a municipal judge to release a defendant in any matter coming before the court charged with committing a violation punishable by a fine or jail time, or both, on an unsecured appearance bond or on personal recognizance.
Subjects: Court, Municipal