Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18A.355 · Subchapter H. DISCLOSURE AND USE OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS
NOTICE AND DISCLOSURE OF INTERCEPTION APPLICATION, INTERCEPTION ORDER, AND INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Within a reasonable period but not later than the 90th day after the date an application for an interception order is denied or after the date an interception order or the last extension, if any, expires, the judge who granted or denied the application shall cause to be served on each person named in the order or application and any other party to an intercepted communication, if any, an inventory that must include notice of:
(1) the application or the issuance of the order;
(2) the date of denial of the application, or the date of the issuance of the order and the authorized interception period; and
(3) whether during any authorized interception period wire, oral, or electronic communications were intercepted.
(b) The judge may, on motion, make available for inspection to a person or the person's counsel any portion of an intercepted communication, application, or order that the judge determines to disclose to that person in the interest of justice.
(c) On an ex parte showing of good cause to the judge, the serving of the inventory required under Subsection (a) may be postponed.
(d) Evidence derived from an order under this chapter may not be disclosed in a trial until after the inventory has been served.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.18A.htm
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