Appeal Bond (To Court Of Criminal Appeals) {CR-31}

State of Alabama Unified Judicial System Form CR-31 Rev.8/98 (To the Court of Criminal Appeals) APPEAL BOND Case Number IN THE_______________________________________COURT OF_____________________________________, ALABAMA (Circuit, District, or Municipal) (Name of County) STATE OF ALABAMA v. _______________________________________________________________________________ Defendant I, ___________________________________________________________________(Defendant), as principal, and (we), ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ (please print) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________, as surety(ies), agree to pay the State of Alabama the sum of $______________________ and such costs as authorized by law unless the above named defendant appears before the Court of Criminal Appeals at the scheduled date and time. We hereby severally certify that we have property valued over and above all debts liabilities that has a fair market value equal to or greater than the amount of the above bond, and we, and each of us, waive the benefit of all laws exempting property from levy and sale under execution or other process for the collection of debt by the Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, and we especially waive our rights to claim exempt our wages or salary, that we have under the laws of Alabama and our rights to homestead exemptions that we have under the Constitution of Alabama and the laws of the State of Alabama, as set our in a separate writing. THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that, whereas, the above-named defendant was on _____________________________________________, _______, convicted in the above-named court, for the offense(s) of Date __________________________________________________________ and on ___________________________, _______ was sentenced to a term of _________________________________________________ years in the penitentiary, from which sentence the above-named defendant has this day prayed and obtained an appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama. NOW, IF THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT shall appear and abide by such judgment as may be rendered by the Court of Criminal Appeals, and if the judgment of conviction is affirmed, or the appeal is dismissed, the defendant shall surrender himself to the sheriff of the county, at the county jail within fifteen days from the issuance of the certificate of judgment affirming or dismissing the appeal, then this obligation will be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect. Given under our hands and seals, this the_________ day of____________________________________, ___________ _________________________________________________(L.S.) Signature of Principal (Defendant) Approved this________________________ day of ______________________, _______ _______________________________________ Clerk of the Circuit Court _________________________________________________(L.S.) Signature of Surety _____________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________(L.S.) Signature of Surety _____________________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________________ Address American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com