[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2010]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR1241.31]

[Page 1060]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
   CHAPTER V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 JUSTICE
 
PART 1241_APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C_Deportation of Aliens in the United States (for Hearings 
                    Commenced Prior to April 1, 1997)
 
Sec. 1241.31  Final order of deportation.

    Except as otherwise required by section 242(c) of the Act for the 
specific purposes of that section, an order of deportation, including an 
alternate order of deportation coupled with an order of voluntary 
departure, made by the immigration judge in proceedings under 8 CFR part 
1240 shall become final upon dismissal of an appeal by the Board of 
Immigration Appeals, upon waiver of appeal, or upon expiration of the 
time allotted for an appeal when no appeal is taken; or, if such an 
order is issued by the Board or approved by the Board upon 
certification, it shall be final as of the date of the Board's decision.