28 CFR § 2.29 - Release on parole.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s2.29"
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title: "28 CFR § 2.29 - Release on parole."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "2.29"
section_name: "Release on parole."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "2"
part_name: "PAROLE, RELEASE, SUPERVISION AND RECOMMITMENT OF PRISONERS, YOUTH OFFENDERS, AND JUVENILE DELINQUENTS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "18 U.S.C. 4203(a)(1) and 4204(a)(6)."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 39809, Aug. 5, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2.29 Release on parole.

(a) A grant of parole shall not be deemed to be operative until a certificate of parole has been delivered to the prisoner.

(b) An effective date of parole shall not be set for a date more than nine months from the date of the hearing. Residence in a community corrections center as part of a parole release plan generally shall not exceed one hundred and twenty days.

(c) When an effective date of parole falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the Warden of the appropriate institution shall be authorized to release the prisoner on the first working day preceding such date.

[42 FR 39809, Aug. 5, 1977, as amended at 44 FR 3407, Jan. 16, 1979; 60 FR 51350, Oct. 2, 1995; 68 FR 41530, July 14, 2003]