Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.402

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 55A.402 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Offense For Violation Of Expunction Order

(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. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 55.04.)

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 55A.402

Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 1.001, eff. 1/1/2025.