Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18B.254 · Subchapter F. LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND DUTIES
APPLICATION OR ORDER NOT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN SEARCHES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A peace officer is not required to file an application under Subchapter B or obtain an order under Subchapter C before the peace officer makes an otherwise lawful search, with or without a warrant, to determine the contents of a caller identification message, pager message, or voice message that is contained within the memory of an end-user's identification, paging, or answering device.
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.
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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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