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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18A.551 — Report of intercepted communications by judge

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 18A: DETECTION, INTERCEPTION, AND USE OF WIRE, ORAL, AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18A.551

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18A.551Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
(a) Within 30 days after the date an interception order or the last extension, if any, expires or after the denial of an interception order, the issuing or denying judge shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts: (1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for; (2) the kind of order or extension applied for; (3) the fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied; (4) the period of interceptions authorized by the order and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; (5) the offense specified in the order or application or extension; (6) the identity of the requesting officer and the prosecutor; and (7) the nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were to be intercepted. (b) A judge required to file a report under this article shall forward a copy of the report to the director.

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