In cases where notice is received in this state from the authorities in another state that a person has been arrested for a crime committed in this state, and the sheriff of the county in which said crime was committed goes to the state aforesaid and the person aforesaid consents to return with said sheriff without requisition from the Governor, said sheriff shall be entitled to the fees and expenses now provided by law where requisitions issue. This section shall apply to felonies and misdemeanors alike, whether there be a conviction of the person apprehended or not.
Ala. Code § 15-9-65 (1975)