Ala. Code § 6-6-604

If the defendant is adjudged guilty of usurping or intruding into, or unlawfully holding or exercising, any public office, civil or military, or any office in a corporation created by the authority of this state or unlawfully practicing any profession requiring a license, the appeal does not stay the execution of the judgment unless the party appealing shall execute bond, as prescribed in Rule 8 of the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, payable to the State of Alabama.