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Austin is the capital of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, home to over 1.3 million residents in the city alone — and a metro area approaching 2.5 million. Austin's tech boom (dubbed "Silicon Hills") has brought Apple, Tesla, Google, Oracle, and hundreds of startups to town, making background checks more common than ever.
Travis County District Courts are located at the Travis County Criminal Justice Center on West 11th Street. Notably, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) headquarters is in Austin — the agency that maintains the statewide criminal history database. When you get an expunction, DPS is the primary agency ordered to destroy your records.
Travis County courts apply Texas law strictly. Expunction petitions must be precisely formatted, contain all required statutory attachments, and be served on all agencies listed in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Errors result in delays or dismissal. Expunction360's document preparation ensures everything is court-ready the first time.
From University of Texas students with old possession charges to tech professionals with decades-old DWI arrests, Austin residents from all walks of life have used Expunction360 to move forward.
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Travis County has over 1.3 million residents and is one of the fastest-growing major counties in Texas. The Travis County criminal docket is fed primarily by the Austin Police Department and the Travis County Sheriff's Office, and the cases that wind up needing expunction are typically DWI, possession of marijuana, theft, public intoxication, and protest-related disorderly conduct from Austin PD arrests.
Travis County criminal district courts are housed at the Sweatt Courthouse downtown, with the district clerk's office handling expunction intake on the first floor. Expunction petitions under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55A — which replaced Chapter 55 on January 1, 2025 — are filed with the Travis County District Clerk at the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse, 1000 Guadalupe St., Austin, TX 78701. The county filing fee is $450 across Texas; what varies is how each district clerk handles service of the signed order on the named agencies.
The Austin economy is built around tech (Apple, Tesla, Dell, semiconductor), state government, the University of Texas, and creative/film, and most of those employers run third-party background checks that pull data from private vendors as well as DPS. That is why every expunction petition we file lists not just the obvious agencies — DPS, the arresting agency, the district attorney, the district clerk — but also the specific third-party vendors that historically pulled the underlying record. Skipping a vendor is the single most common reason an "expunged" record still surfaces on a job or apartment application.
Travis County's district clerk operates an Expunction Expo program twice a year that processes pro-se petitions in batches — but for an out-of-cycle filing, you'll go through the regular district clerk intake.
Austin arrests are filed in Austin with the Travis County District Clerk at the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse, 1000 Guadalupe St., Austin, TX 78701. Even if you were arrested in Austin, the petition must be filed in the county where the case was originally heard — Travis County — not in a city court.
The Travis County filing fee is $450 — same as every Texas county. Expunction360's flat service fee is $795 (Saver) or $995 (Expedited), which covers attorney-drafted petition preparation, e-filing, and service on every named agency. Local attorneys typically charge $1,500–$3,000 in addition to the same $450 filing fee.
It shouldn't — but only if every agency that ever held the record is named in the petition and served with a certified copy of the signed order. That includes the Austin Police Department, the Travis County Sheriff's Office, the Texas DPS, the district clerk, and any private background-check vendor that pulled it. Expunction360's process verifies the service list before filing, which is the single biggest reason petitions hold up downstream.
No. As long as the arrest happened in Travis County, we can file the expunction whether you currently live in Austin, elsewhere in Texas, or out of state. The entire process — eligibility check, petition preparation, e-filing, agency service — is handled remotely.
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Your petition is personally prepared and filed by an experienced Texas attorney — no templates, no shortcuts. Done correctly the first time, and backed by our 100% Money-Back Guarantee if your record isn't cleared.
The judge signs the order, and the court clerk distributes certified copies to the agencies named in your petition under Texas CCP Chapter 55. Once distribution is complete, you can legally answer "No" to prior arrests and take back the life you deserve.
Disclaimer: Filings in Harris County include an additional $450 filing fee.
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