Texas Penal Code
§ 16.04 — UNLAWFUL ACCESS TO STORED COMMUNICATIONS
PE § 16.04Title 4. INCHOATE OFFENSES · Ch. 16. CRIMINAL INSTRUMENTS, INTERCEPTION OF WIRE OR ORAL COMMUNICATION, AND INSTALLATION OF TRACKING DEVICE
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Electronic communication," "user," and "wire communication" have the meanings assigned by Article 18A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(2)"Electronic storage" has the meaning assigned by Article 18B.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b)A person commits an offense if the person obtains, alters, or prevents authorized access to a wire or electronic communication while the communication is in electronic storage by:
(1)intentionally obtaining access without authorization to a facility through which a wire or electronic communications service is provided; or
(2)intentionally exceeding an authorization for access to a facility through which a wire or electronic communications service is provided.
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Legislative history
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2019.