Alabama § 14-6-6 Commitment to Nearest Sufficient Jail to Insure Safekeeping

Alabama Statutes

§ 14-6-6 — Commitment to Nearest Sufficient Jail to Insure Safekeeping

Alabama § 14-6-6

Title 14Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities

Ch. 6Jails

Art. 1General Provisions

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 14-6-6 (2026).

Text

In all criminal cases, either before or after conviction, and in cases of contempt, if it is shown to the court, judge or committing magistrate that the jail of the proper county is insecure or insufficient for the safekeeping of the prisoner or that there is no jail in the county, the commitment must be to the nearest sufficient jail and the reason of such change must be entered on the minutes of the court, or stated in the warrant or endorsed thereon and signed by the magistrate. The jailer of the county to which the commitment is made must receive and confine the prisoner on such commitment or a certified copy of such order.

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In all criminal cases, either before or after conviction, and in cases of contempt, if it is shown to the court, judge or committing magistrate that the jail of the proper county is insecure or insufficient for the safekeeping of the prisoner or that there is no jail in the county, the commitment must be to the nearest sufficient jail and the reason of such change must be entered on the minutes of the court, or stated in the warrant or endorsed thereon and signed by the magistrate. The jailer of the county to which the commitment is made must receive and confine the prisoner on such commitment or a certified copy of such order.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §252; Code 1867, §3800; Code 1876, §4500; Code 1886, §4548; Code 1896, §4959; Code 1907, §7204; Code 1923, §4814; Code 1940, T. 45, §132.)