Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.002 · Subchapter A. MANDATORY EXPUNCTION
FOLLOWING TRIAL COURT ACQUITTAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person to whom this subchapter applies is entitled to have all records and files relating to the arrest expunged if the person is:
(1) tried for the offense for which the person was arrested; and
(2) acquitted by the trial court, except as provided by Article 55A.151.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.
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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.55A.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.201TRIAL COURT ACQUITTAL.Printed as Article 55A.002
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.251FILING OF PETITION.Printed as Article 55A.002, 55A.004, or 55A.005
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.252FILING CERTAIN PETITIONS IN JUSTICE OR MUNICIPAL COURT.Printed as Article 55A.002, 55A.003, 55A.004, or 55A.005
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