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Tex. Government Code § 508.255

STATUS AS FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE

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Tex. Government Code § 508.255, STATUS AS FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/655745
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(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.