{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-508.254","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 508.254","heading":"DETENTION UNDER WARRANT.","body":"(a) A person who is the subject of a warrant may be held in custody pending a determination of all facts surrounding the alleged offense, violation of a rule or condition of release, or dangerous behavior.\n(b) A warrant authorizes any officer named by the warrant to take custody of the person and detain the person until a parole panel orders the return of the person to the institution from which the person was released.\n(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), pending a hearing on a charge of parole violation, ineligible release, or violation of a condition of mandatory supervision, a person returned to custody shall remain confined.\n(d) A magistrate of the county in which the person is held in custody may release the person on bond pending the hearing if:\n(1) the person is arrested or held in custody only on a charge that the person committed an administrative violation of release;\n(2) the division, in accordance with Subsection (e), included notice on the warrant for the person's arrest that the person is eligible for release on bond; and\n(3) the magistrate determines that the person is not a threat to public safety.\n(e) The division shall include a notice on the warrant for the person's arrest indicating that the person is eligible for release on bond under Subsection (d) if the division determines that the person:\n(1) has not been previously convicted of:\n(A) an offense under Chapter 29, Penal Code;\n(B) an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, punishable as a felony; or\n(C) an offense involving family violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code;\n(2) is not on intensive supervision or super-intensive supervision;\n(3) is not an absconder; and\n(4) is not a threat to public safety.\n(f) The provisions of Chapters 17 and 22, Code of Criminal Procedure, apply to a person released under Subsection (d) in the same manner as those provisions apply to a person released pending an appearance before a court or magistrate, except that the release under that subsection is conditioned on the person's appearance at a hearing under this subchapter.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 472 (S.B. 790), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 508. PAROLE AND MANDATORY SUPERVISION","SUBCHAPTER H. WARRANTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.508.htm#508.254","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"a44ee86481040571f1700fd7f7a1c17182409f687e1123b4dcff04a3a6d17de4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-508.253","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-508.255"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}