28 CFR § 2.82 - Effective date of parole.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s2.82"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 2.82 - Effective date of parole."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "2.82"
section_name: "Effective date of parole."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "2"
part_name: "PAROLE, RELEASE, SUPERVISION AND RECOMMITMENT OF PRISONERS, YOUTH OFFENDERS, AND JUVENILE DELINQUENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "18 U.S.C. 4203(a)(1) and 4204(a)(6)."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 39809, Aug. 5, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2"
---


# 2.82 Effective date of parole.

(a) An effective date of parole may be granted up to nine months from the date of the hearing.

(b) Except in the case of a medical or geriatric parole, a parole that is granted prior to the completion of the prisoner's minimum term shall not become effective until the prisoner becomes eligible for release on parole.

[65 FR 45888, July 26, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 57946, Sept. 13, 2002]