Text of article effective on January 01, 2025
Art. 55A.402.  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.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.