TX SB2673

Grants statutory county courts authority to expunge arrest records and files, adding them to the list of courts (alongside district courts, justice courts, and municipal courts of record) that can issue expunction orders

Limits statutory county courts' expunction authority to offenses that fall within their existing jurisdiction, preventing them from expunging records for crimes outside their jurisdictional scope

Allows petitioners seeking expunction for offenses within statutory county court jurisdiction to file ex parte petitions directly in that court rather than requiring filing in district court

Establishes a $100 filing fee for expunction petitions in statutory county courts, matching the existing fee structure for justice courts and municipal courts of record

Gives statutory county courts concurrent jurisdiction with district courts over expunction proceedings for offenses within their jurisdictional authority, effective September 1, 2025, and applicable to offenses occurring before, on, or after that date