Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 102.0061 · Subchapter A. COSTS; REIMBURSEMENT FEES; FINES
FEES IN EXPUNCTION PROCEEDINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In addition to any other fees required by other law and except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), a petitioner seeking expunction of a criminal record in a district court shall pay the fee charged for filing an ex parte petition in a civil action in district court.
(b) In addition to any other fees required by other law and except as provided by Subsection (c), a petitioner seeking expunction of a criminal record in a justice court or a municipal court of record under Chapter 55A shall pay a fee of $100 for filing an ex parte petition for expunction to defray the cost of notifying state agencies of orders of expunction under that chapter.
(c) The fee under Subsection (a) or the fee under Subsection (b), as applicable, shall be waived if:
(1) the petitioner seeks expunction of a criminal record that relates to an arrest for an offense of which the person was acquitted, other than an acquittal for an offense described by Article 55A.151; and
(2) the petition for expunction is filed not later than the 30th day after the date of the acquittal.
(d) The fee under Subsection (a) shall be waived if the petitioner is entitled to expunction:
(1) under Article 55A.053(a)(2)(A) after successful completion of a veterans treatment court program created under Chapter 124, Government Code, or former law; or
(2) under Article 55A.053(a)(2)(B) after successful completion of a mental health court program created under Chapter 125, Government Code, or former law.
(e) A court that grants a petition for expunction of a criminal record may order the fee, or portion of the fee, required to be paid under Subsection (a) to be returned to the petitioner.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 7.02(a), eff. January 1, 2026.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.102.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. ch. 55AEXPUNCTION OF CRIMINAL RECORDSPrinted as Chapter 55A
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.053INDICTMENT OR INFORMATION DISMISSED OR QUASHED.Printed as Article 55A.053(a)(2)(A) | Article 55A.053(a)(2)(B)
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.151CONVICTION OR POTENTIAL PROSECUTION ARISING FROM SAME CRIMINAL EPISODE.Printed as Article 55A.151
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