STATE OF ALABAMA 
                                                                                                                                              (Printed Name of Presiding Circuit Judge)                                                                                                                                     
__________________________ COUNTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                     ________________________________________________________ 
 

                                                                                                 (Signature of Presiding Circuit Court Judge) 

________________________________________________________ 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

State of Alabama 
Unified Judicial System 

Form CR-18              Rev. 1/2020 

ESCROW AGREEMENT 

   Court Case Number 

     IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF _________________________________ COUNTY, ALABAMA 

 

                                                        (Name of County) 

Bail Company:  

  Bank:  

STATE OF ALABAMA 

It being the desire of the Bail Company to purchase (a) certificate(s) of deposit in the total amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) which 
shall  be  in  the  name  of  the  Bank,  as  Escrow  Agent  for  the  Bail  Company,  this  document  and  its  terms  are  submitted  for  approval  and  acceptance  by  the 
Presiding  Circuit  Court  Judge,  and  after  approval  and  acceptance  is  given  by  the  Presiding  Circuit  Court  Judge,  then  this  document  and  its  terms  shall 
constitute the surety bond or escrow agreement in accordance with and as required by Rule 7.1 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure and Section 15-13-
160, et seq., Ala. Code 1975.  The approval and acceptance shall be evidenced by the signature of the Presiding Circuit Court Judge being executed hereto. 

The provisions and terms of this Escrow Agreement shall be as follows: 
Upon receipt of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) from the Bail Company, there shall issue (a) certificate(s) of deposit in the name of the Bank, as 
Escrow Agent for the Bail Company.  The certificate(s) of deposit may be reissued from maturity date to maturity date so long as the principal sum(s) shall not 
be less than a total sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and the reissuance shall conform to the requirements and terms of this Agreement.  The Bank 
shall send to the Circuit Clerk copies of the original certificate(s) of deposit as heretofore mentioned and copies of any and all reissued certificate(s) of deposit 
issued hereunder.  The certificate(s) of deposit shall remain in escrow and they may not be withdrawn or converted without prior consent of the Presiding Circuit 
Court Judge, and this consent shall be in writing. 

All interest earned from the certificate(s) of deposit shall be paid to the Bail Company as agreed to between the Bail Company and the Bank. 
The Bank is hereby authorized to pay from the certificate(s) on receipt from an order of the Presiding Circuit Court Judge, to the State of Alabama or its  

political  subdivisions  and  the  payment  is  hereby  guaranteed  to  the  full  amount  of  the  deposit  for  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  ($25,000),  all  sums  of  monies      
that  may  become  due  to  the  State  of  Alabama  or  any  of  its  political  subdivisions  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  absolute  being  rendered  against  the Bail  Company       
on a forfeiture of bail. The aggregate liability of the Bank shall not exceed the twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) so deposited and the Bank, Bail  Company, 
or both, may cancel this Agreement as to any future liability by giving thirty (30) days written notice of cancellation to the Circuit Clerk of the county, providing 
there are no pending judgments against the Bail Company and provided further that the liability upon all outstanding bonds upon which the Bail Company may 
be liable, or may become liable, has been extinguished or discharged according to law. 

Upon the approval and acceptance by the Presiding Circuit Court Judge, this document shall become effective. 
ACCEPTED AND EXECUTED THIS ______________________ 
                                                                          (Date) 

Bail Company:   

By: 

 
Its:   

I hereby approve and accept the terms and conditions of the preceding Escrow Agreement 
this    
                          (Date) 

. 

I,  
 
whose  name  as  _______________________(Title)  of  ______________________,    the  above-named  Bail  Company,  signed  the  foregoing 
instrument,  and  who  is known  to me,  acknowledged  before me  on this day,  that  being  informed  of  the  contents  of the  instrument, he/she as such 
officer and with full authority, executed the same voluntarily for and as the act of the Bail Company, on the day the same bears date. 

, a notary public in and for the state and county, do hereby certify that   

                                                                                                                      __________________________________________________________. 
                                                                                                                                                    (Printed Name of Notary Public) 

     Given under my hand and seal this                                                                     _________________________________________________________. 

     _________________________.                                                                                                   (Signature of Notary Public) 

                         (Date)                                                                                        My commission expires ____________________. 

                                                                                                                                                                                 (Date) 

……………………..………………………..………………………..………………………..………………………..………………………..……………………… 

Bank: 

Approved By:  

 

Its:   

STATE OF ALABAMA 
  

COUNTY 

, a notary public in and for the state and county, do hereby certify that   
,  
whose name as _____________________ (Title) of __________________________________, the above-named Bank, 
signed the foregoing instrument, and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day, that being informed of the contents of the 
instrument, he/she as such officer and with full authority, executed the same voluntarily for and as the act of the Bank, on the day the same bears 
date. 

                                                                                                                       __________________________________________________________. 
                                                                                                                                                    (Printed Name of Notary Public) 

iven under my hand and seal this                                                         ______________________________________________________. 

__________________________.                                                                                       (Signature of Notary Public) 
                     (Date)                                                                                   
                                                                                                                 My commission expires __________________. 
                                                                                                                                                                   (Date) 
 
        
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

  I

  G