Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 18B.356 — WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: COMPLIANCE WITH WARRANT
CR § 18B.356Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 18B. INSTALLATION AND USE OF TRACKING EQUIPMENT; ACCESS TO COMMUNICATIONS · Art. H. ACCESS TO STORED COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER STORED CUSTOMER DATA
Statute text
View on source(a)A district judge shall indicate in a warrant issued under Article 18A.354 that the deadline for compliance by the provider of an electronic communications service or the provider of a remote computing service is the 15th business day after the date the warrant is served if the warrant is to be served on a domestic entity or a company or entity otherwise doing business in this state, except that the deadline for compliance with a warrant served in accordance with Section 5.251, Business Organizations Code, may be extended to a date that is not later than the 30th day after the date the warrant is served.
(b)The judge may indicate in the warrant that the deadline for compliance is earlier than the 15th business day after the date the warrant is served if the authorized peace officer who applies for the warrant makes a showing and the judge finds that failure to comply with the warrant by the earlier deadline would cause serious jeopardy to an investigation, cause undue delay of a trial, or create a material risk of:
(1)danger to the life or physical safety of any person;
(2)flight from prosecution;
(3)the tampering with or destruction of evidence; or
(4)intimidation of potential witnesses.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2019.