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.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision
Section 508.251. Issuance of Warrant or Summons
Section 508.252. Grounds for Issuance of Warrant or Summons
Section 508.253. Effect on Sentence After Issuance of Warrant
Section 508.254. Detention Under Warrant