Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18B.351 · Subchapter H. ACCESS TO STORED COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER STORED CUSTOMER DATA
GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER DATA.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An authorized peace officer may require a provider of an electronic communications service or a provider of a remote computing service to disclose electronic customer data that is in electronic storage by obtaining a warrant under Article 18B.354.
(b) An authorized peace officer may require a provider of an electronic communications service or a provider of a remote computing service to disclose only electronic customer data that is information revealing the identity of customers of the applicable service or information about a customer's use of the applicable service, without giving the subscriber or customer notice:
(1) by obtaining an administrative subpoena authorized by statute;
(2) by obtaining a grand jury subpoena;
(3) by obtaining a court order under Article 18B.352;
(4) by obtaining a warrant under Article 18B.354;
(5) by obtaining the consent of the subscriber or customer to the disclosure of the data; or
(6) as otherwise permitted by applicable federal law.
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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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.18B.htm
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18B.351. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18B.353WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: APPLICABILITY.Printed as Article 18B.351
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18B.401BACKUP PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER DATA.Printed as Article 18B.351(b)
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18B.501PRECLUSION OF NOTIFICATION.Printed as Article 18B.351
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18B.503REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS.Printed as Article 18B.351 or 18B.359
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