Alabama § 28-4-288 Execution of Bond by Defendant or Claimant for Recovery of Seized Vehicle, Etc., Pending Appeal; Proceedings Upon Failure of Bondsmen to Deliver Said Vehicle, Etc., Upon Affirmance of Judgment Upon Appeal, Etc

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§ 28-4-288 — Execution of Bond by Defendant or Claimant for Recovery of Seized Vehicle, Etc., Pending Appeal; Proceedings Upon Failure of Bondsmen to Deliver Said Vehicle, Etc., Upon Affirmance of Judgment Upon Appeal, Etc

Alabama § 28-4-288

Title 28Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine

Ch. 4Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities

Art. 11Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc

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Ala. Code § 28-4-288 (2026).

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Whenever a conveyance, vehicle of any kind or animal used in drawing the same is seized by an officer of the state under the prohibition laws of this state and has been condemned by the circuit court that tried the action, the defendant in the proceedings or the claimant of the property, pending an appeal to the Supreme Court or Court of Civil Appeals, may, upon motion, have the court immediately appraise the value of said property and of the several items separately and shall have the right to execute a bond with two good sureties in double the appraised value of such property or of any item or items thereof, to be approved by the clerk or register of the circuit court, conditioned, in the event the appeal is affirmed or reversed and the conveyance, vehicle, animal or harness is subsequen

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Whenever a conveyance, vehicle of any kind or animal used in drawing the same is seized by an officer of the state under the prohibition laws of this state and has been condemned by the circuit court that tried the action, the defendant in the proceedings or the claimant of the property, pending an appeal to the Supreme Court or Court of Civil Appeals, may, upon motion, have the court immediately appraise the value of said property and of the several items separately and shall have the right to execute a bond with two good sureties in double the appraised value of such property or of any item or items thereof, to be approved by the clerk or register of the circuit court, conditioned, in the event the appeal is affirmed or reversed and the conveyance, vehicle, animal or harness is subsequently condemned on another trial, to deliver the property for which a bond is given to the sheriff within 30 days from the date of such affirmance or reversal and subsequent condemnation on another trial, to be disposed of according to law and to pay any difference between any value thereof at the time of the original appraisal and at the time of the delivery to the sheriff, the difference in value to be determined by the circuit court. On the execution of such bond the sheriff shall deliver said property to the defendant or claimant executing such bond.
Upon the failure of the bondsmen to deliver the said property condemned within 30 days after the appeal has been affirmed or within 30 days after condemnation on another trial if the judgment is reversed, the bond shall be returned by the sheriff forfeited, and execution may issue thereon against the principal and sureties for the amount of the value of the property or, in case of the return of the property, for the difference between the value fixed by the court on the original appraisal and the final appraisal when it is returned after the appeal is affirmed.