---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 2.29"
title: "28"
number: "2.29"
heading: "Release on parole."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/2.29"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[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]

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 4203(a)(1) and 4204(a)(6).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 39809, Aug. 5, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[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]