Texas § 508.255 STATUS AS FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.

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§ 508.255 — STATUS AS FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.

Texas § 508.255

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 508.255 (2026).

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Sec. 508.255. STATUS AS FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.

(a)After the issuance of a warrant, a person for whose return a warrant was issued is a fugitive from justice.

(b)The law relating to the right of the state to extradite a person and return a fugitive from justice and Article 42.11, Code of Criminal Procedure, relating to the waiver of all legal requirements to obtain extradition of a fugitive from justice from another state to this state, are not impaired by this chapter and remain in full force and effect.

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Sec. 508.255. STATUS AS FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. (a) After the issuance of a warrant, a person for whose return a warrant was issued is a fugitive from justice.
(b) The law relating to the right of the state to extradite a person and return a fugitive from justice and Article 42.11, Code of Criminal Procedure, relating to the waiver of all legal requirements to obtain extradition of a fugitive from justice from another state to this state, are not impaired by this chapter and remain in full force and effect.