It is the duty of the sheriff or of the jailer under his direction to file in regular order and safely preserve the process or order by which any prisoner is committed to jail or discharged therefrom or an attested copy of such process or order.
Ala. Code § 14-6-16
Commitment or Discharge of Prisoners - Duty to File Process or Order.
(Code 1852, §238; Code 1867, §3786; Code 1876, §4488; Code 1886, §4538; Code 1896, §4949; Code 1907, §7194; Code 1923, §4804; Code 1940, T. 45, §119.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.