Alabama Statutes

§ 15-10-70 — Duty of Arresting Officer and Sheriff of Other County

Alabama § 15-10-70
JurisdictionAlabama
Title 15Criminal Procedure
Ch. 10Arrests
Art. 5Arrest in Other Counties

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Ala. Code § 15-10-70 (2026).

Text

When any person charged with the commission of any offense is arrested in any county other than that in which he is triable by an officer of the county in which he is arrested, such arresting officer shall immediately commit him to a jail or guardhouse nearest to the place of arrest, and the sheriff of such county shall at once notify the sheriff of the county in which such person is triable of the fact of such arrest and confinement.

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Legislative History

(Code 1886, §4549; Code 1896, §4960; Code 1907, §§6639, 7205; Code 1923, §§3743, 4815; Code 1940, T. 15, §180.)

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