Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18B.202 · Subchapter E. MOBILE TRACKING DEVICES
ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND USE OF MOBILE TRACKING DEVICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A district judge may issue an order for the installation and use of a mobile tracking device only on the application of an authorized peace officer.
(b) An application must be written, signed, and sworn to before the judge.
(c) The affidavit must:
(1) state the name, department, agency, and address of the applicant;
(2) identify the vehicle, container, or item to which, in which, or on which the mobile tracking device is to be attached, placed, or otherwise installed;
(3) state the name of the owner or possessor of the vehicle, container, or item identified under Subdivision (2);
(4) state the judicial jurisdictional area in which the vehicle, container, or item identified under Subdivision (2) is expected to be found; and
(5) state the facts and circumstances that provide the applicant with probable cause to believe that:
(A) criminal activity has been, is, or will be committed; and
(B) the installation and use of a mobile tracking device is likely to produce information that is material to an ongoing criminal investigation of that criminal activity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 536 (S.B. 112), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.18B.htm
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