Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.205
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.205, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 55A.205. REQUIRED CONTENT OF EXPUNCTION ORDER.
Official statutory text
In an expunction order entered under Article 55A.202 or 55A.203, the court shall:
(1) provide a listing of each official, agency, or other entity of this state or political subdivision of this state and each private entity that there is reason to believe has any record or file that is subject to the order; and
(2) require that:
(A) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice send to the court any documents delivered to the department under Section 8(a), Article 42.09; and
(B) the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice delete or redact, as appropriate, from their public records all index references to the records and files that are subject to the expunction order.
(1) provide a listing of each official, agency, or other entity of this state or political subdivision of this state and each private entity that there is reason to believe has any record or file that is subject to the order; and
(2) require that:
(A) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice send to the court any documents delivered to the department under Section 8(a), Article 42.09; and
(B) the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice delete or redact, as appropriate, from their public records all index references to the records and files that are subject to the expunction order.
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