Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.402
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.402, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 55A.402. OFFENSE FOR VIOLATION OF EXPUNCTION ORDER.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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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