Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.151 · Subchapter D. EXPUNCTION PROHIBITED
CONVICTION OR POTENTIAL PROSECUTION ARISING FROM SAME CRIMINAL EPISODE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A court may not order the expunction of records and files relating to an arrest for an offense for which a person is subsequently acquitted, whether by the trial court, a court of appeals, or the court of criminal appeals, if the offense for which the person was acquitted arose out of a criminal episode, as defined by Section 3.01, Penal Code, and the person was convicted of or remains subject to prosecution for at least one other offense occurring during the criminal episode.
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.002FOLLOWING TRIAL COURT ACQUITTAL.Printed as Article 55A.151
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.101APPELLATE COURT ACQUITTAL OR RECOMMENDATION OF ATTORNEY REPRESENTING STATE.Printed as Article 55A.151
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 102.0061FEES IN EXPUNCTION PROCEEDINGS.Printed as Article 55A.151
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