Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 55.04. Violation Of Expunction Order
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Art. 55.04. VIOLATION OF EXPUNCTION ORDER. Sec. 1. A person
who acquires knowledge 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 and who knows of an order
expunging the records and files relating to that arrest commits an
offense if he knowingly releases, disseminates, or otherwise uses
the records or files.
Sec. 2. A person who knowingly fails to return or to
obliterate identifying portions of a record or file ordered
expunged under this chapter commits an offense.
Sec. 3. An offense under this article is a Class B
misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1880, ch. 747, Sec. 1, eff. Aug.
29, 1977.
Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1333, ch. 604, Sec. 1, eff. Aug.
27, 1979.
Article: 52.09 54.01 54.02 54.03 55.01 55.02 55.03 55.04 55.05 55.06 56.01 56.02 56.03 56.04 56.045
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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