Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.401
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.401, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 55A.401. EFFECT OF FINAL EXPUNCTION ORDER.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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