When a judge orders a convicted person to self-surrender on a particular date is the failure to do so considered an escape,failure to appear or contempt of a court order.

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See 38.113
See 38.11
and 1.07(a)(14)
I believe you are looking for Unauthorized absence from a community corrections facility which county jail is included in that definition.

Escape; see 38.01(1(A)for the definition of custody.