Texas § 18A.357 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.

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§ 18A.357 — COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.

Texas § 18A.357

Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure

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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 18A.357 (2026).

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Art. 18A.357. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.

(a)The contents of an intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of the United States, this state, or a political subdivision of this state unless:

(1)the communication was intercepted in violation of this chapter, Section 16.02 , Penal Code, or federal law; or

(2)the disclosure of the contents of the communication or evidence derived from the communication would violate a law described by Subdivision (1).

(b)The contents of an intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in a

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Art. 18A.357. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE. (a) The contents of an intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of the United States, this state, or a political subdivision of this state unless:
(1) the communication was intercepted in violation of this chapter, Section 16.02 , Penal Code, or federal law; or
(2) the disclosure of the contents of the communication or evidence derived from the communication would violate a law described by Subdivision (1).
(b) The contents of an intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in a civil trial, hearing, or other proceeding only if the civil trial, hearing, or other proceeding arises out of a violation of a penal law.
(c) This article does not prohibit the use or admissibility of the contents of an intercepted communication or evidence derived from the communication if the communication was intercepted in a jurisdiction outside this state in compliance with the law of that jurisdiction.