Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.401 · Subchapter I. EFFECT OF EXPUNCTION ORDER
EFFECT OF FINAL EXPUNCTION ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When an expunction order issued under Subchapter E or F is final:
(1) the release, maintenance, dissemination, or use of the expunged records and files for any purpose is prohibited;
(2) except as provided by Subdivision (3), the person arrested may deny the occurrence of the arrest and the existence of the expunction order; and
(3) the person arrested or any other person, when questioned under oath in a criminal proceeding about an arrest for which the records have been expunged, may state only that the matter in question has been expunged.
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
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.55A.htm
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