Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 2B.0202 — RECORDING OF CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS

CR § 2B.0202Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 2B. LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTIONS WITH PUBLIC · Art. E. ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF CUSTODIAL INTERROGATIONS

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(a)Unless good cause exists that makes electronic recording infeasible, a law enforcement agency shall make a complete and contemporaneous electronic recording of any custodial interrogation that occurs in a place of detention and is of an individual suspected of committing or charged with the commission of an offense under the following provisions of the Penal Code:

(1)Section 19.02 (murder);

(2)Section 19.03 (capital murder);

(3)Section 20.03 (kidnapping);

(4)Section 20.04 (aggravated kidnapping);

(5)Section 20A.02 (trafficking of persons);

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.