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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.402 — Offense for violation of expunction order

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 55A: EXPUNCTION OF CRIMINAL RECORDS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.402

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.402Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called 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.

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