Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18B.202 — Order authorizing installation and use of mobile tracking device
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 18B: INSTALLATION AND USE OF TRACKING EQUIPMENT; ACCESS TO COMMUNICATIONS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18B.202
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.
(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.
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