Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.354 · Subchapter H. NOTICE AND DISPOSITION OF RECORDS FOLLOWING EXPUNCTION ORDER
DISPOSITION OF RECORDS EXPUNGED DUE TO MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
On receipt of an order granting expunction to a person entitled to expunction under Article 55A.006, each official, agency, or other governmental entity listed in the order:
(1) shall:
(A) obliterate all portions of the record or file that identify the person who is the subject of the order; and
(B) if applicable, substitute for all obliterated portions of the record or file any available information that identifies the person arrested; and
(2) may not return the record or file or delete index references to the record or file.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 850 (S.B. 1667), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- 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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Code of Criminal Procedure
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.352DUTY OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.Printed as Article 55A.354
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.353DISPOSITION OF EXPUNGED RECORDS.Printed as Articles 55A.354 and 55A.357
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.357RETENTION OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTION RECORDS.Printed as Articles 55A.353, 55A.354, 55A.355, and 55A.356
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