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Statutes > Alabama > Title15 > Chapter10 > 15-10-46Section 15-10-46
Copy of arrest writ to be delivered to jailer.
When any defendant is committed to jail under a writ of arrest, the sheriff must retain or deliver to the jailer a copy of the writ, which copy is as good authority for the detention of the defendant as the original writ.
(Code 1852, §610; Code 1867, §4162; Code 1876, §4833; Code 1886, §4401; Code 1896, §5257; Code 1907, §6290; Code 1923, §3284; Code 1940, T. 15, §175.)