Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.003 · Subchapter A. MANDATORY EXPUNCTION
PARDON FOR ACTUAL INNOCENCE.
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:
(1) the person is:
(A) tried for and convicted of the offense for which the person was arrested; and
(B) subsequently pardoned or otherwise granted relief on the basis of actual innocence with respect to that offense; and
(2) the applicable pardon or court order clearly indicates on its face that the pardon or order was granted or issued on the basis of the person's actual innocence.
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.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.55A.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.003. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.004PARDON FOR REASON OTHER THAN ACTUAL INNOCENCE.Printed as Article 55A.003
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.202PARDON FOR ACTUAL INNOCENCE.Printed as Article 55A.003
- 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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