Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.402 · Subchapter I. EFFECT OF EXPUNCTION ORDER
OFFENSE FOR VIOLATION OF EXPUNCTION ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) learns of an arrest while an officer or employee of the state or of any agency or other entity of the state or any political subdivision of the state;
(2) knows of an order expunging the records and files relating to that arrest; and
(3) knowingly releases, disseminates, or otherwise uses the records or files.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly fails to return or to obliterate identifying portions of a record or file ordered expunged under this chapter.
(c) An offense under this article is a Class B misdemeanor.
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
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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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