Ala. Code § 15-11-14 (2026)
Failure or Refusal of Witness to Enter Undertaking; Discharge of Witness Upon Entering into Undertaking.
(Code 1852, §§471, 472; Code 1867, §§4020, 4021; Code 1876, §§4690, 4691; Code 1886, §§4296, 4297; Code 1896, §§5245, 5246; Code 1907, §§7613, 7614; Code 1923, §§5246, 5247; Code 1940, T. 15, §§149, 150.)
- (a) Any witness required under this chapter to enter into an undertaking, with or without surety, may be committed to jail on failure or refusal to do so.
- (b) In cases arising under subsection (a) of this section, the court must state in the commitment the amount of the undertaking and whether surety is required; and the witness must be discharged by the sheriff on entering into the undertaking as required.
(Code 1852, §§471, 472; Code 1867, §§4020, 4021; Code 1876, §§4690, 4691; Code 1886, §§4296, 4297; Code 1896, §§5245, 5246; Code 1907, §§7613, 7614; Code 1923, §§5246, 5247; Code 1940, T. 15, §§149, 150.)