SB330 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Lance BellSenator

Republican

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

Courts; criminal procedure, electronic means authorized to swear warrants and citations in certain circumstances, law enforcement officers authorized to administer oaths in certain circumstances

Description

Under existing law, law enforcement officers may issue citations for certain violations, traffic offenses, and misdemeanors in lieu of performing a custodial arrest.

This bill would authorize a warrant for such a violation to be sworn and issued by a judge or magistrate remotely, digitally, via video link, or by telephone and would specify that the physical presence of the affiant before the judge or magistrate is not required.

This bill would allow law enforcement officers to swear to the citations they issue for certain violations, traffic offenses, and misdemeanors in the presence of a judge or magistrate remotely, digitally, via video link, or by telephone.

This bill would also authorize law enforcement officers to act as a magistrate in the limited scope of administering oaths to other law enforcement officers to swear to the facts contained in a citation.

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Subjects

Criminal Procedure