All bondsmen or sureties from out of the State of Alabama who come to this state to make an arrest shall be exempt from having a bondsman's process to arrest a person for which he or she is a surety on bail in another state; but he or she shall have a certified copy of the undertaking of bail for which he or she is surety. His or her right to arrest shall otherwise be in conformity with the common law.
Ala. Code § 15-13-129 (1975)