Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.202 · Subchapter E. PROCEDURES FOR AUTOMATIC ENTRY OF EXPUNCTION ORDER
PARDON FOR ACTUAL INNOCENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a case in which a person is entitled to expunction under Article 55A.003, an expunction order shall be entered, not later than the 30th day after the date the court receives notice of the applicable pardon or other grant of relief, for the person by:
(1) the trial court presiding over the case, if the court is:
(A) a district court;
(B) a justice court; or
(C) a municipal court of record; or
(2) a district court in the county in which the trial court is located.
(b) The person described by Subsection (a) shall provide to the court all of the information required in a petition for expunction under Article 55A.253.
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.204DUTIES OF ATTORNEY REPRESENTING STATE REGARDING EXPUNCTION ORDER.Printed as Article 55A.202 or 55A.203
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.205REQUIRED CONTENT OF EXPUNCTION ORDER.Printed as Article 55A.202 or 55A.203
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.353DISPOSITION OF EXPUNGED RECORDS.Printed as Articles 55A.202 and 55A.203
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