Can You Expunge Multiple Arrests at the Same Time in Texas?
I received an email today asking me this question, and it’s a pretty simple one to answer:
Yes, if you are (a) entitled to expunge each of them separately and (b) if the arrests occurred in the same county.
The Texas expunction statute requires that we file your petition to expunge your arrest in the county where you were arrested. So if, for example, you were arrested for Public Intoxication a long time ago in Austin, and got it dismissed (most commonly by completing a deferred disposition), and then were subsequently arrested for DWI, or Theft, of Marijuana, also in Austin, and it now too qualifies for expunction, we can file one petition.
This greatly reduces the legal fees required to expunge prior criminal history, and I always inquire as to whether a client has other arrests that we can seek to erase.
Unfortunately, if the arrests happened in different counties in Texas, then two different petitions must be filed, two different sets of court costs, and more in attorney’s fees.
