SB350 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg Albritton Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Bail bonds, fees, filing fee to be assessed on each defendant, authorize to pay filing fees by business check, money order, or cash, nonsubstantive technical revisions made to update existing code language, Sec. 12-19-311 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a filing fee is assessed on each bail bond executed by a defendant.

This bill would provide for the filing fee to be assessed on each defendant, in lieu of each bail bond executed; would allow filing fees to be paid pursuant to a business check, money order, or cash; and would allow a surety to pay the bail bond posting fee simultaneously.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Subjects

Bail Bonds