Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 55A.053 — INDICTMENT OR INFORMATION DISMISSED OR QUASHED
CR § 55A.053Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 55A. EXPUNCTION OF CRIMINAL RECORDS · Art. B. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING MANDATORY EXPUNCTION
Statute text
View on source(a)A person to whom this subchapter applies is entitled to have all records and files relating to the arrest expunged if:
(1)an indictment or information charging the person with the commission of a misdemeanor offense based on the person's arrest or charging the person with the commission of any felony offense arising out of the same transaction for which the person was arrested, when presented at any time following the arrest, was dismissed or quashed; and
(2)the court finds that the indictment or information was dismissed or quashed because:
(A)the person completed a veterans treatment court program created under Chapter 124, Government Code, or former law, subject to Subsection (b);
(B)the person completed a mental health court program created under Chapter 125, Government Code, or former law, subject to Subsection (c);
(C)the person completed a pretrial intervention program authorized under Section 76.011, Government Code, other than a program described by Paragraph (A) or (B);
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.